Three cars (car F, car G, and car H) are moving with the same speed and slam on their brakes. The most massive car is car F, and the least massive is car H. If the tires of all three cars have identical coefficients of kinetic friction with the road surface, which car travels the longest distance to skid to a stop?

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The stopping distance depends on the initial speed and the coefficient of kinetic friction, not on the mass of the car. Since all cars have the same speed and friction coefficient, they all travel the same distance to stop.

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