Question

3. You are driving your car along the road and hit a patch that is so say that there is effectively no friction between your tires and the road. Which statement is most accurate?

A) If you hit the brakes, you will eventually stop.
B) If you twist the steering wheel, you can turn into the skid.
C) Nothing you do will have any effect, without any friction, you will continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed, as there is no net external force on you.
D) If you hit the accelerator, you will get out of the icy patch faster.
E) Your car will start to spin.

Answer 1

The most accurate statement in this scenario is that without any friction between the tires and the road, the car will continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed, as there is no net external force on it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The most accurate statement in this scenario is C) Nothing you do will have any effect, without any friction, you will continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed, as there is no net external force on you. When there is no friction between the tires and the road, there is no force acting on the car to change its motion. Without any external force, the car will continue to move in a straight line at a constant speed. This means that hitting the brakes, twisting the steering wheel, or hitting the accelerator will have no effect on the car's motion. The car will not stop, turn, or accelerate.