A car drives straight up a bridge with a 30-degree slope at a constant speed of 90 kilometers per hour. The net force that is acting on the car  a. acts in the upward direction of the hill. b. No net force is acting on it. c. acts in the downward direction of the hill. d. acts in the direction of the acceleration.

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A car drives straight up a bridge with a 30-degree slope at a constant speed of 90 kilometers per hour. The net force that is acting on the car 

a. acts in the upward direction of the hill.
b. No net force is acting on it.
c. acts in the downward direction of the hill.
d. acts in the direction of the acceleration.

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