how does a tire keep a car off the ground?

Subject: how does a tire keep a car off the ground?

Date: Tue Feb 22 18:57:13 2000
Posted by Ken Robinson
Grade level: nonaligned School: N/A
City: San Jose State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 951267433.Ph

Message:


tires are inflated to only around 30lbs; a car weighs thousands of pounds.
Why isn't the tire squeezed flat to the ground by all that weight?

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