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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 6 Problem 2SL

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Problem 2SL

The brakes on a truck can overheat and catch on fire if the truck goes down a long steep hill without shifting into a lower gear. (a) Explain why this happens in terms of energy and power. (b) Would it matter if the same elevation change was made going down a steep hill or a gradual hill? Explain your reasoning. [Hint: Read Sections 6–4, 6–9, and 6–10 carefully.] (c) Why does shifting into a lower gear help? [Hint: Use your own experience, downshifting in a car.] (d) Calculate the thermal energy dissipated from the brakes in an 8000-kg truck that descends a 12° hill. The truck begins braking when its speed is 95 km/h and slows to a speed of 35 km/h in a distance of 0.36 km measured along the road.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 7 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321625922

The brakes on a truck can overheat and catch on fire if

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