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A light train made up of two cars is traveling at 100 km/h when the brakes are applied to both cars. Knowing that car A has a mass of 35 Mg and car B a mass of 20 Mg, and that the braking force is 35 kN on each car, determine (a) the distance traveled by the train before it comes to a stop, (b) the force in the coupling between the cars while the train is showing down.

Name: a light train made up of two cars is traveling at 100 kmh when the brakes are applied to both cars knowing that car a has a mass of 35 mg and car b a mass of 20 mg and that the braking force 40264
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          A light train made up of two cars is traveling at 100 km/h when the brakes are applied to both cars. Knowing that car A has a mass of 35 Mg and car B a mass of 20 Mg, and that the braking force is 35 kN on each car, determine (a) the distance traveled by the train before it comes to a stop, (b) the force in the coupling between the cars while the train is showing down.

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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Solved by Expert Hubert Agamasu

05/30/2022

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8 m/s Final velocity (v) = 0 m/s Distance traveled (s) = 297 m Using the formula v^2 = u^2 + 2as, we can rearrange to solve for acceleration (a): 0 = (27.8)^2 + 2 * a * 297 0 = 772.84 + 594a -772.84 = 594a a = -1.3 m/s^2 Show more…

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A light train made up of two cars is traveling at 100 km/h when the brakes are applied to both cars. Knowing that car A has a mass of 35 Mg and car B a mass of 20 Mg, and that the braking force is 35 kN on each car, determine (a) the distance traveled by the train before it comes to a stop, (b) the force in the coupling between the cars while the train is showing down.