Briefly discuss the three main types of parking brakes.

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The parking brake, located at the rear wheels on most cars, can be one of three main types:
1. Cars with front disc brakes and rear drum brakes usually have a parking brake that is part of the rear drum brakes.
2. Cars with four-wheel disc brakes use one of several types of parking brakes on the rear brakes.
3. Some vehicles use a parking brake that operates on the driveline, not the rear brakes.
4. Luxury vehicles sometimes have an electric parking brake.

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Transfer case binding or driveline windup can occur when_______.

A) Driving a part-time four-wheel drive vehicle on dirt, mud or snow B) Driving a four wheel drive vehicle in two wheel drive C) Unequal tire sizes are used on a full time four-wheel-drive vehicle D) Driving an AWD vehicle on dry pavement

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The negative arithmetic gradient series in Problem 3.44 is missing the value in year 4. Solve for this value on a spreadsheet. In doing so, display both the full amount of the missing payment and the extra amount over the expected amount of $?1600.

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For the truss in Figure P9.27, compute the reactions and bar forces produced by the applied loads.

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If an isometric drawing is dimensioned using unilateral dimensioning techniques, the extension lines should be:

A. parallel to the horizontal B. parallel to the vertical C. parallel to the undimensioned axis D. parallel to the dimensioned axis

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