A police officer is investigating the scene of an accident where two cars collided at an intersection.

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A police officer is investigating the scene of an accident where two cars collided at an intersection. One car with a mass of 1100 kg moving west had collided with a 1300-kg car moving north. The two cars, stuck together, skid at an angle of 30° north of west for a distance of 17 m. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and the road is 0.80. The speed limit for each car was 70 km/h. Was either car speeding?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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