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Suppose that a car starts from rest, its engine providing an acceleration of 10 ft/s2, whi...

Suppose that a car starts from rest, its engine providing an acceleration of 10 ft/s2, while air resistance provides 0.1 ft/s2 of deceleration for each foot per second of the car’s velocity, (a) Find the car’s maximum possible (limiting) velocity, (b) Find how long it takes the car to attain 90% of its limiting velocity, and how far it travels while doing so.

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 2.3