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      05-15-2012, 07:35 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by MFGJR View Post
Actually, it's 0.11478 feet... my bad, typo in my math--that's what I get for applyling the Pythagorean Theorem before my morning coffee!
Did you really just correct "about a tenth" into .11478?

Point is it has nothing to do with distance and everything to do with the force and friction required to change direction slowing the car down. Which I am still proposing is insignificant in the example given.
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