A 1500-kg automobile uses its drag-area, CDA = 0.4 m2, plus brakes and a parachute, to slow

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A 1500-kg automobile uses its drag-area, CDA = 0.4 m2, plus brakes and a parachute, to slow down from 50 m/s. Its brakes apply 5000 N of resistance. Assume sea level standard air. If the automobile must stop in 8 seconds, what diameter parachute is appropriate?
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Financial and Managerial Accounting the basis for business decisions

ISBN: 978-0078025778

17th edition

Authors: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark Bettner, Joseph Carcello

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