A trailer truck enters a 2 percent uphill grade traveling at 72 km/h and reaches a speed

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A trailer truck enters a 2 percent uphill grade traveling at 72 km/h and reaches a speed of 108 km/h in 300 m. The cab has a mass of 1800 kg and the trailer 5400 kg.

A trailer truck enters a 2 percent uphill grade traveling

Determine
(a) The average force at the wheels of the cab,
(b) The average force in the coupling between the cab and the trailer.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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