College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 3 - Conceptual Questions - Page 109: 19

Answer

If the car comes to a sudden stop during acceleration, this indicates that the car has a very high acceleration. Thus, when designing a mechanism to trigger a switch in an automobile seat belt, just the acceleration matters, not the velocity.

Work Step by Step

If the car comes to a sudden stop during acceleration, this indicates that the car has a very high acceleration. Thus, when designing a mechanism to trigger a switch in an automobile seat belt, just the acceleration matters, not the velocity.
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