Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-24-2011
Publication Title
European Journal of Physics
ISSN
0143-0807
Volume
32
Issue/No.
6
First Page
1711
Last Page
1718
Abstract
Motivated by an advertising scenario in which a luxury sports sedan races against a similar car falling under the influence of gravity, a calculation using undergraduate physics and calculus is performed to theoretically predict the outcome.
NSUWorks Citation
Castano, D. (2011). Can a Road-Driven Car Outrace a Free-Falling Car?. European Journal of Physics, 32, (6), 1711 - 1718. https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/32/6/024. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/37
DOI
10.1088/0143-0807/32/6/024
