When the car is skidding, does kinetic friction act on the tire? When the car is not...

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When the car is skidding, does kinetic friction act on thetire?

When the car is not skidding(wheels rolling), does staticfriction act on the tire?

If so, explain why.

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yes kinetic friction acts on the tyre the surface of the tire at the point where that surface meets the road is not in general sliding along the road so in every little surface area element of this kind were talking about static friction indeed the tire is rotating because the car is moving forward but think of this instead as    See Answer
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