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The question is:
A car is traveling at 50 mi/h on a horizontal highway. If the coefficient of static friction between road and tires on a rainy day is 0.10, what is the minimum distance in which the car will stop?
I know how to solve it using static friction, but I don't understand why only static friction is needed in the problem, and kinetic friction does not apply.
A car is traveling at 50 mi/h on a horizontal highway. If the coefficient of static friction between road and tires on a rainy day is 0.10, what is the minimum distance in which the car will stop?
I know how to solve it using static friction, but I don't understand why only static friction is needed in the problem, and kinetic friction does not apply.