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 \(\beta\).
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.
(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.
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 \(\theta\).
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.
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.
(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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
(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]
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 \(\text{ms}^{-1}\).
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.
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.
(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.
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.
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 \(V\).
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.
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 \(B\).
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.
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.
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.
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.
The car comes to a hill inclined at 1° to the horizontal, still travelling at 15 m s-1.
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.
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 \(56 \text{ m s}^{-1}\).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
The motion of a car of mass 1400 kg is resisted by a constant force of magnitude 650 N.
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.
(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]
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).
A constant resistance of magnitude 1350 N acts on a car of mass 1200 kg.
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.
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.
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.
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 \(R\).
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.
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.
The total mass of a cyclist and his cycle is 80 kg. The resistance to motion is zero.
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 \(R\).
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.
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.
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.
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 \(0.5 \text{ m/s}^2\).
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 \(15 \, \text{m/s}\).
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 \(V\).
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.
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 \(4 \text{ m s}^{-1}\).
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.
(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.
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 \(R\).
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
| \(t\) | 0 | 0.5 | 16.3 | 24.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| \(v\) | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 |
(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 \(R\).
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 \(P\).
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.
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 \(R N\).
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 \(R\).
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.
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.
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.
A car of mass 700 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The resistance to motion is constant and equal to 600 N.
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.
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 \(C\).
The work done by the car’s engine during the motion from \(B\) to \(C\) is 1200 kJ.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 \(P\).
A constant resistance of magnitude 1400 N acts on a car of mass 1250 kg.
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.
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,
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.
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.
The work done by the car’s engine as the car travels from a point A to a point B is 1500 kJ.
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,
A crate of mass 800 kg is lifted vertically, at constant speed, by the cable of a crane. Find
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.
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.