Question: On a highway with a steep incline, the runaway truck ramp is constructed so that a vehicle that has lost its brakes can stop. The

On a highway with a steep incline, the runaway truck ramp is constructed so that a vehicle that has lost its brakes can stop. The ramp is designed to slow a truck in succeeding 20-m distances by 10 km/h, 12 km/h, 14 km/h, . . . . If the ramp is 160 m long, will it stop a truck moving at 120 km/h when it reaches the ramp?

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