A truck of mass M and a bike of mass m approach a stop sign...

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A truck of mass M and a bike of mass m approach a stop sign on arainy day. As they approach the stopsign, both vehicles aretravelling with speed vo. When their front tires are even with thestopsign, the drivers each engage their brakes as start to skid.Each tire has a coefficient of kinetic friction mu_k with theground. Given M, m, vo, g, how far does each object slide into theintersection? In your skeptic section, pick reasonable values forM, m, mu_k (you can use g = 9.8 m/s^2) and interpret your answers.Is your answer reasonable?

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Since both bike and truck are moving horizontally they have novertical acceleration and hence by Newtons second law verticalforces must be balanced Vertical forces on bike includes1gravitational force mg downwards where m is mass of bike gis gravitational acceleration2 Normal reaction    See Answer
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