One Morning You Discover That a Tire on Your Auto

question 52

Multiple Choice

One morning you discover that a tire on your auto is in need of air. This is visible: it has flattened significantly. Significant flattening indicates low air pressure

• A) only if all tires are equally flattened; otherwise it is just low atmospheric pressure.
• B) because more of the tire's surface area is required to provide same amount of force.
• C) and less weight.
• D) and higher temperature.

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Definitions:

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