Estimate the Friction Coefficient in That Massive Nascar Pile-Up

[embedded content] I don’t normally watch many NASCAR races, but I do come across some NASCAR videos online. Sometimes these clips become the basis of a great physics problem. In this case, it’s a 21-car crash at the Daytona 500 earlier this week. There are two things I find amazing about it: First, that a …

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