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Nov 2004 p4 q3
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A car of mass 1250 kg travels down a straight hill with the engine working at a power of 22 kW. The hill is inclined at 3° to the horizontal and the resistance to motion of the car is 1130 N. Find the speed of the car at an instant when its acceleration is 0.2 m/s-2.
Solution
First, apply Newton's second law along the direction of motion: