How thick should barriers be to safely stop a car


Highway safety engineers build soft barriers such as the one shown in Figure 3-21, so that cars hitting them will slow down at a safe rate. A person wearing a safety belt can withstand an acceleration of -3.0 x 10^2 m/s^2. How thick should barriers be to safely stop a car that hits a barrier at 117 km/h?

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