Hades Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 and i hit a sheet of ice at 50 miles an hour, will my car accelerate once gliding along the ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 depends if you hit the gas or the breaks or coast. also depends on whether your on a slope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 lets say i can see the ice coming so once i know my front wheels are on the ice(assuming the car is front wheel drive) I let off the gas. no slope, flat ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettina Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 lets say i can see the ice coming so once i know my front wheels are on the ice(assuming the car is front wheel drive) I let off the gas. no slope, flat ground. I'm going to say your car would not accelerate. The air resistance on the overall car far outways the removal any friction the tires may have had on the road. Just my guess. Bettina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 you slow down. you no longer have any force contributing to your forward momentum. you do, however, have friction with the air and the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Why would you think that you accelerate? Velocity is changed only by force, and every force acting on the car is slowing it down. The ice merely reduces one of those forces, the friction with the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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