You live in a town with lots of hills. The coefficient of static friction between tires and pavement is 0.15. What is the maximum incline (in degrees) of a hill you can park on and expect to find your car where you left it?
Force along the incline is
Force due to friction is
where is coefficient of static friction.
The maximum incline (in degrees) of a hill you can park on and expect to find your car where you left it is when the frictional force is just equal to the force along the incline
This gives the maximum incline
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