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Car Wings

Racing cars have many shapes and features. One of these is the addition of a fixed horizontal wing above the back end of the car. This is said to give the car an advantage in a race. What would that advantage be?

• A. The advantage is that the wing lifts the car, making it easier to accelerate to high speeds.
• B. The advantage is that the wing's effect is to push down on the car, giving it better traction, which is an advantage in accelerating and rounding corners.
• C. The advantage is that the wing lifts the car, making it lighter and increasing the miles per gallon, gas efficiency, which is an advantage in a race..
• D. There is no advantage. It just makes the car look neat.

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