Forces, stopping and braking

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Question 5
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A high-speed dragster accelerates along a straight track and then deploys a parachute to brake to a standstill in a shutdown lane.

Suggest one reason why the design length of this shutdown lane is always much longer than the calculated minimum distance required for the dragster to stop.

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