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The road exerts a friction on a speeding car skidding to stop.
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
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B. Negative.
Friction (kinetic) acts opposite the car's velocity, so if you take the forward direction as positive the frictional force is negative. (Its magnitude is positive, but its direction opposes the motion.)
Friction (kinetic) acts opposite the car's velocity, so if you take the forward direction as positive the frictional force is negative. (Its magnitude is positive, but its direction opposes the motion.)
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