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A straight hill AB has length 400 m with A at the top and B at the bottom and is inclined at an angle of 4° to the horizontal. A straight horizontal road BC has length 750 m. A car of mass 1250 kg has a speed of 5 m s-1 at A when starting to move down the hill. While moving down the hill the resistance to the motion of the car is 2000 N and the driving force is constant. The speed of the car on reaching B is 8 m s-1.

  1. By using work and energy, find the driving force of the car.
  2. On reaching B the car moves along the road BC. The driving force is constant and twice that when the car was on the hill. The resistance to the motion of the car continues to be 2000 N. Find
    1. the acceleration of the car while moving from B to C,
    2. the power of the car’s engine as the car reaches C.
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