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title: "A lighter car and a heavier truck, each traveling to the right with the same speed v hit their brakes. The retarding frictional force F on both cars turns out to be constant and the same. After both vehicles travel a distance D (and both are still moving), which of the following statements is true?"
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# A lighter car and a heavier truck, each traveling to the right with the same speed v hit their brakes. The retarding frictional force F on both cars turns out to be constant and the same. After both vehicles travel a distance D (and both are still moving), which of the following statements is true?

A lighter car and a heavier truck, each traveling to the right with the same speed \( v \) hit their brakes. The retarding frictional force F on both cars turns out to be constant and the same. After both vehicles travel a distance \( D \) (and both are still moving), which of the following statements is true?

- **A.** They will traverse the distanced in the same time.
- **B.** They will have the same velocity.
- **C.** The work done on both vehicles is the same.
- **D.** The average power expended is the same.
- **E.** They will have the same kinetic energy

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