You have been hired as an expert witness by an attorney for a trial involving a traffic accident. The attorney's client, the plaintiff in this case, was traveling eastbound toward an intersection in a car of mass me = 1,400 kg. As the plaintiff entered the intersection, his car was struck by a northbound driver, the defendant in this case, driving a car with mass m = 1,000 kg. The vehicles stuck together after the collision and left parallel skid marks of length d = 18.5 m at an angle of 0 = 33.0° north of east, as measured by accident investigators. The investigators also measured the coefficient of kinetic friction for tires skidding on the roadway at the scene to be u, = 0.750. Both drivers are claiming that they were traveling within the 50 mi/h speed limit. What advice do you give to the attorney? (Indicate whether each party was over or under the speed limit.) plaintiff ---Select--- defendant ---Select---
