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jace

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A driver in a car traveling at slams on the brakes and skids to a stop. If the coefficient of friction between the tires and the horizontal road is 0.80, how long will the skid marks be?
 
  A) 26 m
  B) 21 m
  C) 33 m
  D) 24 m

Question 2

A 60.0-kg person rides in an elevator while standing on a scale. The scale reads 400 N. The acceleration of the elevator is closest to
 
  A) 3.13 m/s2 downward.
  B) 6.67 m/s2 downward.
  C) zero.
  D) 9.80 m/s2 downward.
  E) 6.67 m/s2 upward.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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