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9709 P4 - Nov 2006 - Q3
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A cyclist travels along a straight road working at a constant rate of 420 W. The total mass of the cyclist and her cycle is 75 kg. Ignoring any resistance to motion, find the acceleration of the cyclist at an instant when she is travelling at 5 m/s-1,

  1. given that the road is horizontal,
  2. given instead that the road is inclined at 1.5° to the horizontal and the cyclist is travelling up the slope.
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