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Grade 12Mechanics

Race cars have very wide tires. The maximum frictional force exerted by the road on the tires only
depends on the weight of the car and on the friction coefficient between the tires and the road; thus
it is independent of the width of the tires. Why then would race cars have wide tires?

Profile image of Ayush Agarwal
15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Manjunath Bhat
15 Years ago

As friction is directly propotional to area contact , thinner tyres are preferd