Minimum coefficient of static friction for car accelerating at 15 m/s²

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Homework Statement


You are in a car accelerating the car at 15 m/s^2 without spinning tires out. determine the minimum coeff of static friction between the tires and the road to make this possible

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Hi jwang023! :wink:

(have a mu: µ :wink:)

Hint: first, find the force needed to produce that acceleration …

what do you get? :smile: