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Is it possible that the brakes of a car are so perfect that the car stops instantaneously ?

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It in not possible to have perfect brakes which can stop the car instantaneously because it the car is to stop instantaneously. Itas velocity is to be zero in an extremely small interval of time. As a result of it, the car needs infinite retardation, which is not possible.
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