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# When the brakes of an automobile are applied, the road exerts the greatest retarding force:

When the brakes of an automobile are applied, the road exerts the greatest retarding force

- **A.** while the wheels are sliding
- **B.** just before the wheels start sliding
- **C.** just after the wheel starts sliding
- **D.** throughout the entire rotation of the wheel regardless of the brakes being applied
- **E.** none of these options

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