Escape ramps (Fig. 7.21) are inclined planes filled with sand or gravel that help stop trucks when their brakes fail on a highway. A truck of mass 10000 kg is moving at 72 km h–1 when its brakes fail. The driver steers it onto an escape ramp inclined at 30°, where the truck comes to a rest. If the sand exerts a force of 50000 N opposite to truck's motion, what is the minimum length of the ramp to be able to stop such a truck? Take g = 10 m s–2 (Hint: For a 30° incline, the truck rises 1 m vertically for every 2 m it travels along the ramp).

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