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The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is one of the fastest production cars on the planet

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is one of the fastest production cars on the planet. From rest, it can attain a speed of 100 km/hr (62.1 miles/hr), traveling in a straight horizontal line, in a mere 2.50 seconds. This seems terribly fast, and perhaps a little dangerous. All the same, I’d like to determine what sort of acceleration the driver would experience and, of course, what angle a pair of Fuzzy Dice would make with the vertical…

If you’re interested, stop by my Blog — PhysicsIntro. Thanks.

n.b. Unfortunately, I’m unable to acquire any empirical data…since the sticker price is $1.7M.


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