A small ranger vehicle has a soft, ragtop roof. When the car is at rest, the roof is flat. When the car is cruising at highway speeds with its windows rolled up, does the roof bow upwards, remain flat, or bow downwards

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Nico Oneill

10 January, 16:28

A small ranger vehicle has a soft, ragtop roof. When the car is at rest, the roof is flat. When the car is cruising at highway speeds with its windows rolled up, does the roof bow upwards, remain flat, or bow downwards

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Kailee Keller · Answer 1

roof bow upwards

Explanation:

The top of the roof of the small ranger vehicle will bow upwards. This is as a result of gas pressure on the soft ragtop roof.

As air begins to fill the vehicle, pressure resonates in all direction proportionally. The pressure of the air will be greater than that which the roof can withstand and this forces the roof sky up. It is a common scene when we see roof of ragtop vehicles bowing upwards into the sky.