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Originally posted by masraum
Dan, that sounds valid except that in the car you are also stretching your arms and could possibly use your arm to brace yourself on the seat back, but yes, sounds like you've got the right test in mind.
Yeah, I figured the mass of your arm is almost negligible in this calculation, and assumed that you weren't pulling yourself "up" on the door. But then, I've been known to approximate squares as circles to make the math easier.

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