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A driver makes an emergency stop and inadvertently locks up the brakes of the car, which skids to a stop on dry concrete. Consider the effect of heavy rain on this scenario. Using the values in Table 1, determine how much farther the car would skid (expressed as a percentage of the dry-weather skid) if the concrete were wet instead. What does this question imply about driving safely?

Table 1 Coeffi cients of Kinetic Friction for Rubber on Concrete

Surface μK\mu_{\mathrm{K}}
rubber on dry concrete 0.850.85
rubber on wet concrete 0.450.45

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Given:

  • μd=0.85,\mu_d=0.85,
  • μw=0.45,\mu_w=0.45,

we are asked to find what percentage is stopping distance SwS_w larger than Sd.S_d.

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