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Nov 2023 p42 q6
3407

A railway engine of mass 120000 kg is towing a coach of mass 60000 kg up a straight track inclined at an angle of \(\alpha\) to the horizontal where \(\sin \alpha = 0.02\). There is a light rigid coupling, parallel to the track, connecting the engine and coach. The driving force produced by the engine is 125000 N and there are constant resistances to motion of 22000 N on the engine and 13000 N on the coach.

(a) Find the acceleration of the engine and find the tension in the coupling.

At an instant when the engine is travelling at 30 m/s, it comes to a section of track inclined upwards at an angle \(\beta\) to the horizontal. The power produced by the engine is now 4500000 W and, as a result, the engine maintains a constant speed.

(b) Assuming that the resistance forces remain unchanged, find the value of \(\beta\).

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Nov 2021 p43 q4
3408

A car of mass 1400 kg is moving on a straight road against a constant force of 1250 N resisting the motion.

(a) The car moves along a horizontal section of the road at a constant speed of 36 m s-1.

  1. Calculate the work done against the resisting force during the first 8 seconds.
  2. Calculate, in kW, the power developed by the engine of the car.
  3. Given that this power is suddenly increased by 12 kW, find the instantaneous acceleration of the car.

(b) The car now travels at a constant speed of 32 m s-1 up a section of the road inclined at θ° to the horizontal, with the engine working at 64 kW.

Find the value of θ.

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June 2021 p43 q2
3409

A cyclist is travelling along a straight horizontal road. She is working at a constant rate of 150 W. At an instant when her speed is 4 m s-1, her acceleration is 0.25 m s-2. The resistance to motion is 20 N.

(a) Find the total mass of the cyclist and her bicycle.

The cyclist comes to a straight hill inclined at an angle \(\theta\) above the horizontal. She ascends the hill at constant speed 3 m s-1. She continues to work at the same rate as before and the resistance force is unchanged.

(b) Find the value of \(\theta\).

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Feb/Mar 2021 p42 q2
3410

A car of mass 1400 kg is travelling at constant speed up a straight hill inclined at \(\alpha\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \alpha = 0.1\). There is a constant resistance force of magnitude 600 N. The power of the car’s engine is 22 500 W.

(a) Show that the speed of the car is 11.25 m s\(^{-1}\).

The car, moving with speed 11.25 m s\(^{-1}\), comes to a section of the hill which is inclined at 2° to the horizontal.

(b) Given that the power and resistance force do not change, find the initial acceleration of the car up this section of the hill.

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Nov 2020 p43 q6
3411

A car of mass 1600 kg is pulling a caravan of mass 800 kg. The car and the caravan are connected by a light rigid tow-bar. The resistances to the motion of the car and caravan are 400 N and 250 N respectively.

(a) The car and caravan are travelling along a straight horizontal road.

  1. Given that the car and caravan have a constant speed of 25 m s-1, find the power of the car’s engine.
  2. The engine’s power is now suddenly increased to 39 kW. Find the instantaneous acceleration of the car and caravan and find the tension in the tow-bar.

(b) The car and caravan now travel up a straight hill, inclined at an angle of sin-1 0.05 to the horizontal, at a constant speed of v m s-1. The car’s engine is working at 32.5 kW.

Find v.

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Nov 2020 p42 q2
3412

A car of mass 1800 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The power of the car’s engine is constant. There is a constant resistance to motion of 650 N.

(a) Find the power of the car’s engine, given that the car’s acceleration is 0.5 m s-2 when its speed is 20 m s-1.

(b) Find the steady speed which the car can maintain with the engine working at this power.

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Nov 2020 p41 q2
3413

A car of mass 1400 kg is moving along a straight horizontal road against a resistance of magnitude 350 N.

(a) Find, in kW, the rate at which the engine of the car is working when it is travelling at a constant speed of 20 m s-1.

(b) Find the acceleration of the car when its speed is 20 m s-1 and the engine is working at 15 kW.

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June 2020 p43 q2
3414

A minibus of mass 4000 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The resistance to motion is 900 N.

(a) Find the driving force when the acceleration of the minibus is 0.5 m s-2.

(b) Find the power required for the minibus to maintain a constant speed of 25 m s-1.

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June 2020 p42 q5
3415

A car of mass 1250 kg is moving on a straight road.

(a) On a horizontal section of the road, the car has a constant speed of 32 m s-1 and there is a constant force of 750 N resisting the motion.

  1. Calculate, in kW, the power developed by the engine of the car. [2]
  2. Given that this power is suddenly decreased by 8 kW, find the instantaneous deceleration of the car. [3]

(b) On a section of the road inclined at sin-1 0.096 to the horizontal, the resistance to the motion of the car is (1000 + 8v) N when the speed of the car is v m s-1. The car travels up this section of the road at constant speed with the engine working at 60 kW.

Find this constant speed. [5]

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June 2020 p41 q2
3416

A car of mass 1800 kg is towing a trailer of mass 400 kg along a straight horizontal road. The car and trailer are connected by a light rigid tow-bar. The car is accelerating at 1.5 \(\text{ms}^{-2}\). There are constant resistance forces of 250 N on the car and 100 N on the trailer.

(a) Find the tension in the tow-bar.

(b) Find the power of the engine of the car at the instant when the speed is 20 \(\text{ms}^{-1}\).

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Feb/Mar 2020 p42 q1
3417

A lorry of mass 16000 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The engine of the lorry is working at constant power. The work done by the driving force in 10 s is 750000 J.

(a) Find the power of the lorry’s engine.

(b) There is a constant resistance force acting on the lorry of magnitude 2400 N.

Find the acceleration of the lorry at an instant when its speed is 25 m s-1.

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Nov 2023 p41 q6
3418

A car of mass 1300 kg is moving on a straight road.

(a) On a horizontal section of the road, the car has a constant speed of 30 m/s and there is a constant force of 650 N resisting the motion.

  1. Calculate, in kW, the power developed by the engine of the car.
  2. Given that this power is suddenly increased by 9 kW, find the instantaneous acceleration of the car.

(b) On a section of the road inclined at \(\sin^{-1} 0.08\) to the horizontal, the resistance to the motion of the car is \((1000 + 20v)\) N when the speed of the car is \(v \text{ m/s}\). The car travels downwards along this section of the road at constant speed with the engine working at 11.5 kW.

Find this constant speed.

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Nov 2019 p43 q5
3419

A cyclist is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The total mass of the cyclist and his bicycle is 80 kg. His power output is a constant 240 W. His acceleration when he is travelling at 6 m/s is 0.3 m/s2.

  1. Show that the resistance to the cyclist’s motion is 16 N.
  2. Find the steady speed that the cyclist can maintain if his power output and the resistance force are both unchanged.
  3. The cyclist later ascends a straight hill inclined at 3° to the horizontal. His power output and the resistance force are still both unchanged. Find his acceleration when he is travelling at 4 m/s.
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Nov 2019 p41 q1
3420

A crane is lifting a load of 1250 kg vertically at a constant speed \(V\) m s-1. Given that the power of the crane is a constant 20 kW, find the value of \(V\).

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June 2019 p43 q3
3421

A car of mass 1400 kg is travelling up a hill inclined at an angle of 4° to the horizontal. There is a constant resistance to motion of magnitude 1550 N acting on the car.

(i) Given that the engine of the car is working at 30 kW, find the speed of the car at an instant when its acceleration is 0.4 m s-2.

(ii) The greatest possible constant speed at which the car can travel up the hill is 40 m s-1. Find the maximum possible power of the engine.

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June 2019 p42 q6
3422

A car has mass 1000 kg. When the car is travelling at a steady speed of \(v \text{ m s}^{-1}\), where \(v > 2\), the resistance to motion of the car is \((Av + B) \text{ N}\), where \(A\) and \(B\) are constants. The car can travel along a horizontal road at a steady speed of \(18 \text{ m s}^{-1}\) when its engine is working at \(36 \text{ kW}\). The car can travel up a hill inclined at an angle of \(\theta\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \theta = 0.05\), at a steady speed of \(12 \text{ m s}^{-1}\) when its engine is working at \(21 \text{ kW}\). Find \(A\) and \(B\).

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June 2019 p41 q3
3423

A lorry has mass 12,000 kg.

(i) The lorry moves at a constant speed of 5 m s-1 up a hill inclined at an angle of \(\theta\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \theta = 0.08\). At this speed, the magnitude of the resistance to motion on the lorry is 1500 N. Show that the power of the lorry’s engine is 55.5 kW.

When the speed of the lorry is \(v\) m s-1 the magnitude of the resistance to motion is \(kv^2\) N, where \(k\) is a constant.

(ii) Show that \(k = 60\).

(iii) The lorry now moves at a constant speed on a straight level road. Given that its engine is still working at 55.5 kW, find the lorry’s speed.

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Feb/Mar 2019 p42 q4
3424

A car of mass 1500 kg is pulling a trailer of mass 300 kg along a straight horizontal road at a constant speed of 20 m s-1. The system of the car and trailer is modelled as two particles, connected by a light rigid horizontal rod. The power of the car’s engine is 6000 W. There are constant resistances to motion of R N on the car and 80 N on the trailer.

(i) Find the value of R.

The power of the car’s engine is increased to 12 500 W. The resistance forces do not change.

(ii) Find the acceleration of the car and trailer and the tension in the rod at an instant when the speed of the car is 25 m s-1.

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Nov 2018 p43 q6
3425

A van of mass 3200 kg travels along a horizontal road. The power of the van’s engine is constant and equal to 36 kW, and there is a constant resistance to motion acting on the van.

  1. When the speed of the van is 20 m s-1, its acceleration is 0.2 m s-2. Find the resistance force.
  2. When the van is travelling at 30 m s-1, it begins to ascend a hill inclined at 1.5° to the horizontal. The power is increased and the resistance force is still equal to the value found in part (i). Find the power required to maintain this speed of 30 m s-1.
  3. The engine is now stopped, with the van still travelling at 30 m s-1, and the van decelerates to rest. Find the distance the van moves up the hill from the point at which the engine is stopped until it comes to rest.
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Nov 2018 p42 q6
3426

A car of mass 1200 kg is driving along a straight horizontal road at a constant speed of 15 m s-1. There is a constant resistance to motion of 350 N.

  1. Find the power of the car’s engine.

The car comes to a hill inclined at 1° to the horizontal, still travelling at 15 m s-1.

  1. The car starts to descend the hill with reduced power and with an acceleration of 0.12 m s-2. Given that there is no change in the resistance force, find the new power of the car’s engine at the instant when it starts to descend the hill.
  2. When the car is travelling at 20 m s-1 down the hill, the power is cut off and the car gradually slows down. Assuming that the resistance force remains 350 N, find the distance travelled from the moment when the power is cut off until the speed of the car is reduced to 18 m s-1.
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Nov 2018 p41 q2
3427

A high-speed train of mass 490,000 kg is moving along a straight horizontal track at a constant speed of 85 m s-1. The engines are supplying 4080 kW of power.

(i) Show that the resistance force is 48,000 N.

(ii) The train comes to a hill inclined at an angle \(\theta\) above the horizontal, where \(\sin \theta = \frac{1}{200}\). Given that the resistance force is unchanged, find the power required for the train to keep moving at the same constant speed of 85 m s-1.

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June 2018 p43 q6
3428

A car of mass 1400 kg travelling at a speed of \(v \text{ m s}^{-1}\) experiences a resistive force of magnitude \(40v \text{ N}\). The greatest possible constant speed of the car along a straight level road is \(56 \text{ m s}^{-1}\).

  1. Find, in kW, the greatest possible power of the car’s engine.
  2. Find the greatest possible acceleration of the car at an instant when its speed on a straight level road is \(32 \text{ m s}^{-1}\).
  3. The car travels down a hill inclined at an angle of \(\theta^\circ\) to the horizontal at a constant speed of \(50 \text{ m s}^{-1}\). The power of the car’s engine is \(60 \text{ kW}\). Find the value of \(\theta\).
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June 2023 p43 q4
3429

A lorry of mass 15,000 kg moves on a straight horizontal road in the direction from A to B. It passes A and B with speeds 20 m/s and 25 m/s respectively. The power of the lorry’s engine is constant and there is a constant resistance to motion of magnitude 6000 N. The acceleration of the lorry at B is 0.5 times the acceleration of the lorry at A.

(a) Show that the power of the lorry’s engine is 200 kW, and hence find the acceleration of the lorry when it is travelling at 20 m/s.

The lorry begins to ascend a straight hill inclined at 1° to the horizontal. It is given that the power of the lorry’s engine and the resistance force do not change.

(b) Find the steady speed up the hill that the lorry could maintain.

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June 2018 p42 q2
3430

A train of mass 240,000 kg travels up a slope inclined at an angle of 4° to the horizontal. There is a constant resistance of magnitude 18,000 N acting on the train. At an instant when the speed of the train is 15 m/s, its deceleration is 0.2 m/s². Find the power of the engine of the train.

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Feb/Mar 2018 p42 q6
3431

A car of mass 1200 kg has a greatest possible constant speed of 60 m s-1 along a straight level road. When the car is travelling at a speed of v m s-1 there is a resistive force of magnitude 35v N.

  1. Find the greatest possible power of the car. [2]
  2. The car travels along a straight level road. Show that, at an instant when its speed is 30 m s-1, the greatest possible acceleration of the car is 2.625 m s-2. [3]
  3. The car travels at a constant speed up a hill inclined at an angle of sin-1(7/48) to the horizontal. Find the greatest possible speed of the car. [5]
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Nov 2017 p43 q2
3432

A lorry of mass 7850 kg travels on a straight hill which is inclined at an angle of 3° to the horizontal. There is a constant resistance to motion of 1480 N.

(i) Find the power of the lorry’s engine when the lorry is going up the hill at a constant speed of 10 m s-1.

(ii) Find the power of the lorry’s engine at an instant when the lorry is going down the hill at a speed of 15 m s-1 with an acceleration of 0.8 m s-2.

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Nov 2017 p42 q5
3433

A cyclist is riding up a straight hill inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \alpha = 0.04\). The total mass of the bicycle and rider is 80 kg. The cyclist is riding at a constant speed of 4 m s\(^{-1}\). There is a force resisting the motion. The work done by the cyclist against this resistance force over a distance of 25 m is 600 J.

(i) Find the power output of the cyclist.

The cyclist reaches the top of the hill, where the road becomes horizontal, with speed 4 m s\(^{-1}\). The cyclist continues to work at the same rate on the horizontal part of the road.

(ii) Find the speed of the cyclist 10 seconds after reaching the top of the hill, given that the work done by the cyclist during this period against the resistance force is 1200 J.

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Nov 2017 p41 q2
3434

A tractor of mass 3700 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road at a constant speed of 12 m s-1. The total resistance to motion is 1150 N.

  1. Find the power output of the tractor’s engine.

The tractor comes to a hill inclined at 4° above the horizontal. The power output is increased to 25 kW and the resistance to motion is unchanged.

  1. Find the deceleration of the tractor at the instant it begins to climb the hill.
  2. Find the constant speed that the tractor could maintain on the hill when working at this power.
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June 2017 p43 q6
3435

A car of mass 1200 kg is travelling along a horizontal road.

(i) It is given that there is a constant resistance to motion.

(a) The engine of the car is working at 16 kW while the car is travelling at a constant speed of 40 m s-1. Find the resistance to motion.

(b) The power is now increased to 22.5 kW. Find the acceleration of the car at the instant it is travelling at a speed of 45 m s-1.

(ii) It is given instead that the resistance to motion of the car is (590 + 2v) N when the speed of the car is v m s-1. The car travels at a constant speed with the engine working at 16 kW. Find this speed.

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June 2017 p42 q4
3436

A car of mass 1200 kg is moving on a straight road against a constant force of 850 N resisting the motion.

(i) On a part of the road that is horizontal, the car moves with a constant speed of 42 m s-1.

(a) Calculate, in kW, the power developed by the engine of the car. [2]

(b) Given that this power is suddenly increased by 6 kW, find the instantaneous acceleration of the car. [3]

(ii) On a part of the road that is inclined at θ° to the horizontal, the car moves up the hill at a constant speed of 24 m s-1, with the engine working at 80 kW. Find θ. [4]

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Problem 3437
3437

A car of mass 900 kg is moving on a straight horizontal road ABCD. There is a constant resistance of magnitude 800 N in the sections AB and BC, and a constant resistance of magnitude R N in the section CD. The power of the car’s engine is a constant 36 kW.

  1. The car moves from A to B at a constant speed in 120 s. Find the speed of the car and the distance AB.
  2. The car’s engine is switched off at B.
  3. The distance BC is 450 m. Find the speed of the car at C.
  4. The car comes to rest at D. The distance AD is 6637.5 m. Find the deceleration of the car and the value of R.
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Nov 2016 p43 q6
3438

A cyclist is cycling with constant power of 160 W along a horizontal straight road. There is a constant resistance to motion of 20 N. At an instant when the cyclist’s speed is 5 m s-1, his acceleration is 0.15 m s-2.

(i) Show that the total mass of the cyclist and bicycle is 80 kg.

The cyclist comes to a hill inclined at 2° to the horizontal. When the cyclist starts climbing the hill, he increases his power to a constant 300 W. The resistance to motion remains 20 N.

(ii) Show that the steady speed up the hill which the cyclist can maintain when working at this power is 6.26 m s-1, correct to 3 significant figures.

(iii) Find the acceleration at an instant when the cyclist is travelling at 90% of the speed in part (ii).

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Nov 2016 p43 q1
3439

A crane is used to raise a block of mass 50 kg vertically upwards at constant speed through a height of 3.5 m. There is a constant resistance to motion of 25 N.

  1. Find the work done by the crane.
  2. Given that the time taken to raise the block is 2 s, find the power of the crane.
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Feb/Mar 2023 p42 q4
3440

A toy railway locomotive of mass 0.8 kg is towing a truck of mass 0.4 kg on a straight horizontal track at a constant speed of 2 m s-1. There is a constant resistance force of magnitude 0.2 N on the locomotive, but no resistance force on the truck. There is a light rigid horizontal coupling connecting the locomotive and the truck.

(a) State the tension in the coupling.

(b) Find the power produced by the locomotive’s engine.

The power produced by the locomotive’s engine is now changed to 1.2 W.

(c) Find the magnitude of the tension in the coupling at the instant that the locomotive begins to accelerate.

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Nov 2016 p42 q6
3441

A van of mass 3000 kg is pulling a trailer of mass 500 kg along a straight horizontal road at a constant speed of 25 m s-1. The system of the van and the trailer is modelled as two particles connected by a light inextensible cable. There is a constant resistance to motion of 300 N on the van and 100 N on the trailer.

(i) Find the power of the van’s engine.

(ii) Write down the tension in the cable.

The van reaches the bottom of a hill inclined at 4° to the horizontal with speed 25 m s-1. The power of the van’s engine is increased to 25 000 W.

(iii) Assuming that the resistance forces remain the same, find the new tension in the cable at the instant when the speed of the van up the hill is 20 m s-1.

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June 2016 p43 q5
3442

The motion of a car of mass 1400 kg is resisted by a constant force of magnitude 650 N.

  1. Find the constant speed of the car on a horizontal road, assuming that the engine works at a rate of 20 kW.
  2. The car is travelling at a constant speed of 10 m s-1 up a hill inclined at an angle of \(\theta\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \theta = \frac{1}{7}\). Find the power of the car’s engine.
  3. The car descends the same hill with the engine working at 80% of the power found in part (ii). Find the acceleration of the car at an instant when the speed is 20 m s-1.
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June 2016 p42 q6
3443

A car of mass 1100 kg is moving on a road against a constant force of 1550 N resisting the motion.

(i) The car moves along a straight horizontal road at a constant speed of 40 m s-1.

  1. Calculate, in kW, the power developed by the engine of the car. [2]
  2. Given that this power is suddenly decreased by 22 kW, find the instantaneous deceleration of the car. [3]

(ii) The car now travels at constant speed up a straight road inclined at 8° to the horizontal, with the engine working at 80 kW. Assuming the resistance force remains the same, find this constant speed. [3]

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June 2016 p41 q3
3444

A car of mass 1000 kg is moving along a straight horizontal road against resistances of total magnitude 300 N.

(i) Find, in kW, the rate at which the engine of the car is working when the car has a constant speed of 40 m s-1.

(ii) Find the acceleration of the car when its speed is 25 m s-1 and the engine is working at 90% of the power found in part (i).

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Feb/Mar 2016 p42 q2
3445

A constant resistance of magnitude 1350 N acts on a car of mass 1200 kg.

  1. The car is moving along a straight level road at a constant speed of 32 m s-1. Find, in kW, the rate at which the engine of the car is working.
  2. The car travels at a constant speed up a hill inclined at an angle of \(\theta\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \theta = 0.1\), with the engine working at 76.5 kW. Find this speed.
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Nov 2015 p43 q5
3446

A cyclist and his bicycle have a total mass of 90 kg. The cyclist starts to move with speed 3 m s-1 from the top of a straight hill, of length 500 m, which is inclined at an angle of sin-1 0.05 to the horizontal. The cyclist moves with constant acceleration until he reaches the bottom of the hill with speed 5 m s-1. The cyclist generates 420 W of power while moving down the hill. The resistance to the motion of the cyclist and his bicycle, R N, and the cyclist’s speed, v m s-1, both vary.

  1. Show that \(R = \frac{420}{v} + 43.56\).
  2. Find the cyclist’s speed at the mid-point of the hill. Hence find the decrease in the value of \(R\) when the cyclist moves from the top of the hill to the mid-point of the hill, and when the cyclist moves from the mid-point of the hill to the bottom of the hill.
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Nov 2015 p41 q3
3447

A lorry of mass 24,000 kg is travelling up a hill which is inclined at 3° to the horizontal. The power developed by the lorry’s engine is constant, and there is a constant resistance to motion of 3200 N.

  1. When the speed of the lorry is 25 m s-1, its acceleration is 0.2 m s-2. Find the power developed by the lorry’s engine.
  2. Find the steady speed at which the lorry moves up the hill if the power is 500 kW and the resistance remains 3200 N.
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Nov 2015 p41 q1
3448

A weightlifter performs an exercise in which he raises a mass of 200 kg from rest vertically through a distance of 0.7 m and holds it at that height.

(i) Find the work done by the weightlifter.

(ii) Given that the time taken to raise the mass is 1.2 s, find the average power developed by the weightlifter.

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June 2015 p43 q3
3449

A car of mass 860 kg travels along a straight horizontal road. The power provided by the car’s engine is \(P\) W and the resistance to the car’s motion is \(R\) N. The car passes through one point with speed 4.5 m s\(^{-1}\) and acceleration 4 m s\(^{-2}\). The car passes through another point with speed 22.5 m s\(^{-1}\) and acceleration 0.3 m s\(^{-2}\). Find the values of \(P\) and \(R\).

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June 2015 p43 q1
3450

A block is pulled along a horizontal floor by a horizontal rope. The tension in the rope is 500 N and the block moves at a constant speed of 2.75 m s-1. Find the work done by the tension in 40 s and find the power applied by the tension.

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Feb/Mar 2023 p42 q1
3451

A crate of mass 200 kg is being pulled at constant speed along horizontal ground by a horizontal rope attached to a winch. The winch is working at a constant rate of 4.5 kW and there is a constant resistance to the motion of the crate of magnitude 600 N.

(a) Find the time that it takes for the crate to move a distance of 15 m.

The rope breaks after the crate has moved 15 m.

(b) Find the time taken, after the rope breaks, for the crate to come to rest.

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June 2015 p42 q2
3452

The total mass of a cyclist and his cycle is 80 kg. The resistance to motion is zero.

  1. The cyclist moves along a horizontal straight road working at a constant rate of \(P\) W. Find the value of \(P\) given that the cyclist’s speed is 5 m s\(^{-1}\) when his acceleration is 1.2 m s\(^{-2}\).
  2. The cyclist moves up a straight hill inclined at an angle \(\alpha\), where \(\sin \alpha = 0.035\). Find the acceleration of the cyclist at an instant when he is working at a rate of 450 W and has speed 3.6 m s\(^{-1}\).
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June 2015 p41 q5
3453

A cyclist and her bicycle have a total mass of 84 kg. She works at a constant rate of \(P \, W\) while moving on a straight road which is inclined to the horizontal at an angle \(\theta\), where \(\sin \theta = 0.1\). When moving uphill, the cyclist’s acceleration is \(1.25 \, \text{m/s}^2\) at an instant when her speed is \(3 \, \text{m/s}\). When moving downhill, the cyclist’s acceleration is \(1.25 \, \text{m/s}^2\) at an instant when her speed is \(10 \, \text{m/s}\). The resistance to the cyclist’s motion, whether the cyclist is moving uphill or downhill, is \(R \, N\). Find the values of \(P\) and \(R\).

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Nov 2014 p43 q1
3454

A car of mass 1400 kg moves on a horizontal straight road. The resistance to the car’s motion is constant and equal to 800 N and the power of the car’s engine is constant and equal to \(P\) W. At an instant when the car’s speed is 18 m s-1 its acceleration is 0.5 m s-2.

(i) Find the value of \(P\).

The car continues and passes through another point with speed 25 m s-1.

(ii) Find the car’s acceleration at this point.

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Nov 2014 p42 q3
3455

A train of mass 200,000 kg moves on a horizontal straight track. It passes through a point A with speed 28 m/s and later it passes through a point B. The power of the train’s engine at B is 1.2 times the power of the train’s engine at A. The driving force of the train’s engine at B is 0.96 times the driving force of the train’s engine at A.

(i) Show that the speed of the train at B is 35 m/s.

(ii) For the motion from A to B, find the work done by the train’s engine given that the work done against the resistance to the train’s motion is 2.3 × 106 J.

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Nov 2014 p41 q1
3456

A car of mass 800 kg is moving on a straight horizontal road with its engine working at a rate of 22.5 kW. Find the resistance to the car’s motion at an instant when the car’s speed is 18 m/s and its acceleration is 1.2 m/s2.

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June 2014 p43 q2
3457

A car of mass 1250 kg travels up a straight hill inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \alpha = 0.02\). The power provided by the car’s engine is 23 kW. The resistance to motion is constant and equal to 600 N. Find the speed of the car at an instant when its acceleration is \(0.5 \text{ m/s}^2\).

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June 2014 p42 q1
3458

A car of mass 600 kg travels along a straight horizontal road. The resistance to the car’s motion is constant and equal to \(R\) N.

(i) Find the value of \(R\), given that the car’s acceleration is \(1.4 \, \text{m/s}^2\) at an instant when the car’s speed is \(18 \, \text{m/s}\) and its engine is working at a rate of \(22.5 \, \text{kW}\).

(ii) Find the rate of working of the car’s engine when the car is moving with a constant speed of \(15 \, \text{m/s}\).

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June 2014 p41 q1
3459

A train is moving at constant speed \(V \text{ m s}^{-1}\) along a horizontal straight track. Given that the power of the train’s engine is 1330 kW and the total resistance to the train’s motion is 28 kN, find the value of \(V\).

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Nov 2013 p43 q6
3460

A lorry of mass 12,500 kg travels along a road from A to C passing through a point B. The resistance to motion of the lorry is 4800 N for the whole journey from A to C.

(i) The section AB of the road is straight and horizontal. On this section of the road the power of the lorry’s engine is constant and equal to 144 kW. The speed of the lorry at A is 16 m s-1 and its acceleration at B is 0.096 m s-2. Find the acceleration of the lorry at A and show that its speed at B is 24 m s-1.

(ii) The section BC of the road has length 500 m, is straight and inclined upwards towards C. On this section of the road the lorry’s driving force is constant and equal to 5800 N. The speed of the lorry at C is 16 m s-1. Find the height of C above the level of AB.

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Nov 2013 p42 q3
3461

The resistance to motion acting on a runner of mass 70 kg is \(kv\) N, where \(v \text{ m s}^{-1}\) is the runner's speed and \(k\) is a constant. The greatest power the runner can exert is 100 W. The runner's greatest steady speed on horizontal ground is \(4 \text{ m s}^{-1}\).

  1. Show that \(k = 6.25\).
  2. Find the greatest steady speed of the runner while running uphill on a straight path inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \alpha = 0.05\).
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Nov 2022 p43 q6
3462

A car of mass 1750 kg is pulling a caravan of mass 500 kg. The car and the caravan are connected by a light rigid tow-bar. The resistances to the motion of the car and caravan are 650 N and 150 N respectively.

(a) The car and caravan are moving along a straight horizontal road at a constant speed of 24 m s-1.

  1. Find the power of the car’s engine.
  2. The engine’s power is now suddenly increased to 40 kW. Find the instantaneous acceleration of the car and caravan and find the tension in the tow-bar.

(b) The car and caravan now travel up a straight hill, inclined at an angle sin-1 0.14 to the horizontal, at a constant speed of v m s-1. The car’s engine is working at 31 kW. The resistances to the motion of the car and caravan are unchanged.

Find v.

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June 2013 p43 q3
3463

A car has mass 800 kg. The engine of the car generates constant power \(P\) kW as the car moves along a straight horizontal road. The resistance to motion is constant and equal to \(R\) N. When the car's speed is 14 m s\(^{-1}\) its acceleration is 1.4 m s\(^{-2}\), and when the car's speed is 25 m s\(^{-1}\) its acceleration is 0.33 m s\(^{-2}\). Find the values of \(P\) and \(R\).

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June 2013 p42 q5
3464

A car of mass 1000 kg is travelling on a straight horizontal road. The power of its engine is constant and equal to \(P\) kW. The resistance to motion of the car is 600 N. At an instant when the car’s speed is 25 m s\(^{-1}\), its acceleration is 0.2 m s\(^{-2}\). Find

  1. the value of \(P\),
  2. the steady speed at which the car can travel.
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June 2013 p41 q4
3465

A train of mass 400,000 kg is moving on a straight horizontal track. The power of the engine is constant and equal to 1500 kW and the resistance to the train’s motion is 30,000 N. Find

  1. the acceleration of the train when its speed is 37.5 m s-1,
  2. the steady speed at which the train can move.
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Nov 2012 p41 q7
3466

A car of mass 1200 kg moves in a straight line along horizontal ground. The resistance to motion of the car is constant and has magnitude 960 N. The car’s engine works at a rate of 17 280 W.

  1. Calculate the acceleration of the car at an instant when its speed is 12 m s-1.

The car passes through the points A and B. While the car is moving between A and B it has constant speed V m s-1.

  1. Show that V = 18.

At the instant that the car reaches B the engine is switched off and subsequently provides no energy. The car continues along the straight line until it comes to rest at the point C. The time taken for the car to travel from A to C is 52.5 s.

  1. Find the distance AC.
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June 2012 p43 q4
3467

A car of mass 1230 kg increases its speed from 4 m/s to 21 m/s in 24.5 s. The table below shows corresponding values of time \(t\) s and speed \(v\) m/s.

\(t\)00.516.324.5
\(v\)461921

(i) Using the values in the table, find the average acceleration of the car for \(0 < t < 0.5\) and for \(16.3 < t < 24.5\).

While the car is increasing its speed the power output of its engine is constant and equal to \(P\) W, and the resistance to the car’s motion is constant and equal to \(R\) N.

(ii) Assuming that the values obtained in part (i) are approximately equal to the accelerations at \(v = 5\) and at \(v = 20\), find approximations for \(P\) and \(R\).

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June 2012 p41 q1
3468

A car of mass 880 kg travels along a straight horizontal road with its engine working at a constant rate of \(P\) W. The resistance to motion is 700 N. At an instant when the car's speed is 16 m s-1 its acceleration is 0.625 m s-2. Find the value of \(P\).

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Nov 2011 p43 q7
3469

A car of mass 600 kg travels along a straight horizontal road starting from a point A. The resistance to motion of the car is 750 N.

  1. The car travels from A to B at constant speed in 100 s. The power supplied by the car's engine is constant and equal to 30 kW. Find the distance AB.
  2. The car's engine is switched off at B and the car's speed decreases until the car reaches C with a speed of 20 m/s. Find the distance BC.
  3. The car's engine is switched on at C and the power it supplies is constant and equal to 30 kW. The car takes 14 s to travel from C to D and reaches D with a speed of 30 m/s. Find the distance CD.
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Nov 2011 p42 q1
3470

A racing cyclist, whose mass with his cycle is 75 kg, works at a rate of 720 W while moving on a straight horizontal road. The resistance to the cyclist’s motion is constant and equal to \(R N\).

  1. Given that the cyclist is accelerating at \(0.16 \, \text{m/s}^2\) at an instant when his speed is \(12 \, \text{m/s}\), find the value of \(R\).
  2. Given that the cyclist’s acceleration is positive, show that his speed is less than \(15 \, \text{m/s}\).
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June 2011 p43 q2
3471

A car of mass 1250 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road with its engine working at a constant rate of \(P\) W. The resistance to the car’s motion is constant and equal to \(R\) N. When the speed of the car is 19 m s\(^{-1}\) its acceleration is 0.6 m s\(^{-2}\), and when the speed of the car is 30 m s\(^{-1}\) its acceleration is 0.16 m s\(^{-2}\). Find the values of \(P\) and \(R\).

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June 2011 p42 q1
3472

A load is pulled along horizontal ground for a distance of 76 m, using a rope. The rope is inclined at 5° above the horizontal and the tension in the rope is 65 N.

(i) Find the work done by the tension.

At an instant during the motion the velocity of the load is 1.5 m s-1.

(ii) Find the rate of working of the tension at this instant.

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Nov 2022 p42 q4
3473

A car of mass 1200 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road AB. There is a constant resistance force of magnitude 500 N. When the car passes point A, it has a speed of 15 m/s and an acceleration of 0.8 m/s2.

(a) Find the power of the car’s engine at the point A.

The car continues to work with this power as it travels from A to B. The car takes 53 seconds to travel from A to B and the speed of the car at B is 32 m/s-1.

(b) Show that the distance AB is 1362.6 m.

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June 2011 p41 q2
3474

A load of mass 1250 kg is raised by a crane from rest on horizontal ground, to rest at a height of 1.54 m above the ground. The work done against the resistance to motion is 5750 J.

  1. Find the work done by the crane.
  2. Assuming the power output of the crane is constant and equal to 1.25 kW, find the time taken to raise the load.
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June 2011 p41 q1
3475

A car of mass 700 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The resistance to motion is constant and equal to 600 N.

  1. Find the driving force of the car’s engine at an instant when the acceleration is 2 m s-2.
  2. Given that the car’s speed at this instant is 15 m s-1, find the rate at which the car’s engine is working.
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Nov 2010 p43 q7
3476

A car of mass 1250 kg travels along a horizontal straight road. The power of the car’s engine is constant and equal to 24 kW and the resistance to the car’s motion is constant and equal to \(R\) N. The car passes through the point \(A\) on the road with speed 20 m/s and acceleration 0.32 m/s2.

  1. Find the value of \(R\).

The car continues with increasing speed, passing through the point \(B\) on the road with speed 29.9 m/s. The car subsequently passes through the point \(C\).

  1. Find the acceleration of the car at \(B\), giving the answer in m/s2 correct to 3 decimal places.
  2. Show that, while the car’s speed is increasing, it cannot reach 30 m/s.
  3. Explain why the speed of the car is approximately constant between \(B\) and \(C\).
  4. State a value of the approximately constant speed, and the maximum possible error in this value at any point between \(B\) and \(C\).

The work done by the car’s engine during the motion from \(B\) to \(C\) is 1200 kJ.

  1. By assuming the speed of the car is constant from \(B\) to \(C\), find, in either order,
    1. the approximate time taken for the car to travel from \(B\) to \(C\),
    2. an approximation for the distance \(BC\).
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Nov 2010 p42 q2
3477

A cyclist, working at a constant rate of 400 W, travels along a straight road which is inclined at 2° to the horizontal. The total mass of the cyclist and his cycle is 80 kg. Ignoring any resistance to motion, find, correct to 1 decimal place, the acceleration of the cyclist when he is travelling

  1. uphill at 4 m s-1,
  2. downhill at 4 m s-1.
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Nov 2010 p41 q2
3478

A car of mass 600 kg travels along a horizontal straight road, with its engine working at a rate of 40 kW. The resistance to motion of the car is constant and equal to 800 N. The car passes through the point A on the road with speed 25 m s-1. The car’s acceleration at the point B on the road is half its acceleration at A. Find the speed of the car at B.

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June 2010 p41 q1
3479

A car of mass 1150 kg travels up a straight hill inclined at 1.2° to the horizontal. The resistance to motion of the car is 975 N. Find the acceleration of the car at an instant when it is moving with speed 16 m s-1 and the engine is working at a power of 35 kW.

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Nov 2009 p42 q3
3480

A car of mass 1250 kg travels along a horizontal straight road with increasing speed. The power provided by the car’s engine is constant and equal to 24 kW. The resistance to the car’s motion is constant and equal to 600 N.

(i) Show that the speed of the car cannot exceed 40 m s-1.

(ii) Find the acceleration of the car at an instant when its speed is 15 m s-1.

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Nov 2008 p4 q3
3481

A car of mass 1200 kg is travelling on a horizontal straight road and passes through a point A with speed 25 m s-1. The power of the car’s engine is 18 kW and the resistance to the car’s motion is 900 N.

(i) Find the deceleration of the car at A.

(ii) Show that the speed of the car does not fall below 20 m s-1 while the car continues to move with the engine exerting a constant power of 18 kW.

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June 2008 p4 q2
3482

A block is being pulled along a horizontal floor by a rope inclined at 20° to the horizontal. The tension in the rope is 851 N and the block moves at a constant speed of 2.5 m s-1.

(i) Show that the work done on the block in 12 s is approximately 24 kJ.

(ii) Hence find the power being applied to the block, giving your answer to the nearest kW.

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Nov 2007 p4 q1
3483

A car of mass 900 kg travels along a horizontal straight road with its engine working at a constant rate of \(P\) kW. The resistance to motion of the car is 550 N. Given that the acceleration of the car is 0.2 m s\(^{-2}\) at an instant when its speed is 30 m s\(^{-1}\), find the value of \(P\).

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Nov 2022 p41 q3
3484

A constant resistance of magnitude 1400 N acts on a car of mass 1250 kg.

  1. The car is moving along a straight level road at a constant speed of 28 m s-1. Find, in kW, the rate at which the engine of the car is working.
  2. The car now travels at a constant speed up a hill inclined at an angle of θ to the horizontal, where sin θ = 0.12, with the engine working at 43.5 kW. Find this speed.
  3. On another occasion, the car pulls a trailer of mass 600 kg up the same hill. The system of the car and the trailer is modelled as particles connected by a light inextensible cable. The car’s engine produces a driving force of 5000 N and the resistance to the motion of the trailer is 300 N. The resistance to the motion of the car remains 1400 N. Find the acceleration of the system and the tension in the cable.
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June 2007 p4 q3
3485

A car travels along a horizontal straight road with increasing speed until it reaches its maximum speed of 30 m s-1. The resistance to motion is constant and equal to RN, and the power provided by the car's engine is 18 kW.

  1. Find the value of R.
  2. Given that the car has mass 1200 kg, find its acceleration at the instant when its speed is 20 m s-1.
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Nov 2006 p4 q3
3486

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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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 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.

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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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Feb/Mar 2022 p42 q4
3492

The total mass of a cyclist and her bicycle is 70 kg. The cyclist is riding with constant power of 180 W up a straight hill inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal, where \(\sin \alpha = 0.05\). At an instant when the cyclist’s speed is 6 m s\(^{-1}\), her acceleration is \(-0.2 \text{ m s}^{-2}\). There is a constant resistance to motion of magnitude \(F \text{ N}\).

(a) Find the value of \(F\).

(b) Find the steady speed that the cyclist could maintain up the hill when working at this power.

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