A passenger railroad car has a total of 8 wheels. Springs on each wheel compressslightlywhen the car
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A passenger railroad car has a total of 8 wheels. Springs on each wheel compress—slightly—when the car is loaded. Ratings for the car give the stiffness per wheel (the spring constant, treating the entire spring assembly as a single spring) as 2.8 × 107 N/m. When 30 passengers, each with average mass 80 kg, board the car, how much does the car move down on its spring suspension? Assume that each wheel supports 1/8 the weight of the car.
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College Physics A Strategic Approach
ISBN: 9780134779218
4th Edition
Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones
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