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				TABLE 1. WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS AUTOMOBILES DURING BRAKING
	Vehicle	Wheelbase B (in)	h/B	b2/Bx100%	b1/Bx100%	f1	f2	FRONT %	REAR %
	86 BMW 32i	101.2	0.207	53.3	46.7	0.85	0	64.7	35.3
	86 Buick Skylark	103.0	0.207	64.0	36.0	0.85	0	77.7	22.3
	83 Chevrolet Caprice	115.5	0.207	55.8	44.2	0.85	0	67.7	32.3
	85 Chrysler LeBaron	103.3	0.205	62.2	37.8	0.85	0	75.3	24.7
	85 Ford Escort	94.2	0.213	65.3	34.7	0.85	0	79.7	20.3
	87 Ford Tempo	99.7	0.216	62.6	37.4	0.85	0	76.7	23.3
	87 Nissan Sentra	95.7	0.219	62.1	37.9	0.85	0	76.3	23.7
	80 Oldsmobile 98	119.6	0.207	56.3	43.7	0.85	0	68.3	31.7
	87 Plymouth Valiant	100.5	0.213	62.2	37.8	0.85	0	76.0	24.0
	85 Pontiac Grand Am	103.7	0.202	66.5	33.5	0.85	0	80.3	19.7
	82 Toyota Cressida	104.1	0.207	56.9	43.1	0.85	0	69.0	31.0
	87 Yugo GV	84.0	0.248	65.5	34.5	0.85	0	83.0	17.0
	86 BMW 32i	101.2	0.207	53.3	46.7	0.60	0	60.9	39.1
	86 Buick Skylark	103.0	0.207	64.0	36.0	0.60	0	73.1	26.9
	83 Chevrolet Caprice	115.5	0.207	55.8	44.2	0.60	0	63.7	36.3
	85 Chrysler LeBaron	103.3	0.205	62.2	37.8	0.60	0	70.9	29.1
	85 Ford Escort	94.2	0.213	65.3	34.7	0.60	0	74.9	25.1
	87 Ford Tempo	99.7	0.216	62.6	37.4	0.60	0	71.9	28.1
	87 Nissan Sentra	95.7	0.219	62.1	37.9	0.60	0	71.5	28.5
	80 Oldsmobile 98	119.6	0.207	56.3	43.7	0.60	0	64.3	35.7
	87 Plymouth Valiant	100.5	0.213	62.2	37.8	0.60	0	71.3	28.7
	85 Pontiac Grand Am	103.7	0.202	66.5	33.5	0.60	0	75.7	24.3
	82 Toyota Cressida	104.1	0.207	56.9	43.1	0.60	0	65.0	35.0
	87 Yugo GV	84.0	0.248	65.5	34.5	0.60	0	77.0	23.0
	86 BMW 32i	101.2	0.207	53.3	46.7	0.85	0.85	70.9	29.1
	86 Buick Skylark	103.0	0.207	64.0	36.0	0.85	0.85	81.6	18.4
	83 Chevrolet Caprice	115.5	0.207	55.8	44.2	0.85	0.85	73.4	26.6
	85 Chrysler LeBaron	103.3	0.205	62.2	37.8	0.85	0.85	79.6	20.4
	85 Ford Escort	94.2	0.213	65.3	34.7	0.85	0.85	83.4	16.6
	87 Ford Tempo	99.7	0.216	62.6	37.4	0.85	0.85	81.0	19.0
	87 Nissan Sentra	95.7	0.219	62.1	37.9	0.85	0.85	80.7	19.3
	80 Oldsmobile 98	119.6	0.207	56.3	43.7	0.85	0.85	73.9	26.1
	87 Plymouth Valiant	100.5	0.213	62.2	37.8	0.85	0.85	80.3	19.7
	85 Pontiac Grand Am	103.7	0.202	66.5	33.5	0.85	0.85	83.7	16.3
	82 Toyota Cressida	104.1	0.207	56.9	43.1	0.85	0.85	74.5	25.5
	87 Yugo GV	84.0	0.248	65.5	34.5	0.85	0.85	86.6	13.4
	86 BMW 32i	101.2	0.207	53.3	46.7	0.60	0.60	65.7	34.3
	86 Buick Skylark	103.0	0.207	64.0	36.0	0.60	0.60	76.4	23.6
	83 Chevrolet Caprice	115.5	0.207	55.8	44.2	0.60	0.60	68.2	31.8
	85 Chrysler LeBaron	103.3	0.205	62.2	37.8	0.60	0.60	74.5	25.5
	85 Ford Escort	94.2	0.213	65.3	34.7	0.60	0.60	78.1	21.9
	87 Ford Tempo	99.7	0.216	62.6	37.4	0.60	0.60	75.6	24.4
	87 Nissan Sentra	95.7	0.219	62.1	37.9	0.60	0.60	75.2	24.8
	80 Oldsmobile 98	119.6	0.207	56.3	43.7	0.60	0.60	68.7	31.3
	87 Plymouth Valiant	100.5	0.213	62.2	37.8	0.60	0.60	75.0	25.0
	85 Pontiac Grand Am	103.7	0.202	66.5	33.5	0.60	0.60	78.6	21.4
	82 Toyota Cressida	104.1	0.207	56.9	43.1	0.60	0.60	69.3	30.7
	87 Yugo GV	84.0	0.248	65.5	34.5	0.60	0.60	80.4	19.6

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