Exam-Style Problems

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Nov 2004 p4 q3
3487

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 3Β° 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.

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June 2004 p4 q6
3488

A car of mass 1200 kg travels along a horizontal straight road. The power of the car's engine is 20 kW. The resistance to the car's motion is 400 N.

  1. Find the speed of the car at an instant when its acceleration is 0.5 m/s2.
  2. Show that the maximum possible speed of the car is 50 m/s.

The work done by the car’s engine as the car travels from a point A to a point B is 1500 kJ.

  1. Given that the car is travelling at its maximum possible speed between A and B, find the time taken to travel from A to B.
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Nov 2003 p4 q1
3489

A motorcycle of mass 100 kg is travelling on a horizontal straight road. Its engine is working at a rate of 8 kW. At an instant when the speed of the motorcycle is 25 m s-1 its acceleration is 0.5 m s-2. Find, at this instant,

  1. the force produced by the engine,
  2. the resistance to motion of the motorcycle.
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June 2003 p4 q1
3490

A crate of mass 800 kg is lifted vertically, at constant speed, by the cable of a crane. Find

  1. the tension in the cable,
  2. the power applied to the crate in increasing the height by 20 m in 50 s.
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Nov 2002 p4 q1
3491

A car of mass 1000 kg travels along a horizontal straight road with its engine working at a constant rate of 20 kW. The resistance to motion of the car is 600 N. Find the acceleration of the car at an instant when its speed is 25 m s-1.

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