Runaway Truck Ramp Essay

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For my forum I have decided to go with a post about grade. The question I have chosen is #3, What is a runaway truck ramp? When I read this question I had the slightest idea what it was and how it applied to this math class. As soon as I started researching the topic I could easily tell how this question plays a role with our class. Finding answers to this question was relativity easy considering I found an excellent source on my first click from Car and Driver. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/runaway-truck-ramps-explained-feature. Runaway trucks have been around for over 40 years now and have saved many people during a brake failure emergency while driving.
Runaway truck ramps have many different names from; truck escape ramps, escape

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