Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 5, Problem 54P
A police officer investigating an accident estimates that a moving car hit a stationary car at 25 km/h. Before the collision, the car left 47-m-long skid marks as it braked. The officer determines that the coefficient of kinetic friction was 0.71. What was the initial speed of the moving car?
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