A car traveling along the highway needs a certain amount of force exerted on it to stop. More stopping force may be required when the car has

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All of the options listed affect the amount of force required to stop a car. A car with more mass or momentum requires more force to stop. Similarly, having less stopping distance increases the force needed to stop the car within that shorter distance, according to the impulse-momentum theorem and the work-energy principle.

A Car Traveling Along the Highway Needs a Certain Amount