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Youre driving along at 25 m/s with your aunts valuable antiques in the back of your pickup truck when suddenly

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You’re driving along at 25 m/s with your aunt’s valuable antiques in the back of your pickup truck when suddenly you see a giant hole in the road 55 m ahead of you. Fortunately, your foot is right beside the brake and your reaction time is zero!

a. Can you stop the truck before it falls into the hole?
b. If your answer to part a is yes, can you stop without the antiques sliding and being damaged? Their coefficients of friction are μs = 0.60 and μk = 0.30. 

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