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    Can You Avoid a Speeding Ticket with a GPS Tracker?

    Homework Statement Due to several previous unfortunate encounters with law enforcement, your car has been equipped with a GPS tracking device. You know that this device radios your current position to police headquarters at precisely hour intervals, but you don't know the exact time at which...
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    What Acceleration Did Colonel John P. Stapp Experience When Stopping?

    Homework Statement A world's land speed record was set by Colonel John P. Stapp when in March 1954 he rode a rocket-propelled sled that moved along a track at 1020 km/h. He and the sled were brought to a stop in 1.4 s. In g units, what acceleration did he experience while stopping...
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