5.You are driving at a constant speed of 20 m/s when you suddenly hit a patch large oil slick. You slam on the brakes and eventually skid to a complete stop. The skid marks are 40 meters long. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the oil-covered road and the car tires.

i think c. but don't trust it.

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we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4