Maths M2 Mechanics : Work Energy Power NAB

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A car of mass 900kg pulls a trailer of mass 350kg along a level road against a total resistance of 1250N. The car is using its full power of 45kW. Find the tension in the tow bar when the speed is 54 km/h. Assume the total resistances is divided between the car and the trailer in the ratio of their masses. Answer: Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1. 140

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Find the kW (to 1 d.p.) used by a fire pump which raises water a distance of 4m and delivers 0.12m3 a minute at a speed of 10m/s. (Assume that 1m3 of water has a mass of 1000kg) Answer: Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1. 78.4

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A boy and his bicycle have a total mass of 60kg. He is working at a rate of 400W and the frictional resistance is 110N. The boy ascends a slope at an angle sin-1(1/12). Calculate his maximum speed (to 2 d.p.) up the slope. Answer: Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1. 2.69

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With its engines working at a steady power of 14kW, the maximum speed that a car can attain along a level road is 35m/s. What is the magnitude (in Newtons) of the resistance experienced by the car ? Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 400

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A car of mass 800kg tows a caravan of mass 480kg along a straight level road. The car's engine is working at a rate of 24kW, the car and the caravan are travelling at a constant speed of 25m/s. Calculate the magnitude of the total resistance to motion, in N, to the motion of the car and the caravan. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 960

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A car of mass 900kg can attain a maximum speed of 48 m/s when travelling along a level road against constant resistances to motion of 350N. Find the rate at which the car engine is working (in kW to 1

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d.p.). Answer: Correct

Marks for this submission: 1/1. 16.8

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A car of mass 800kg tows a trailer of mass 200kg. The constant resistances to motion acting on the car and trailer are R and 200 newtons respectively. If the car is travelling at a constant speed of 54km/h and the engine is working at a rate of 9.75kW, find the tension in the tow bar. Answer: Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1. 450

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A car of mass 1500kg moves with constant speed 6m/s up a slope of inclination sin-1(1/7). Given that the engine is working at a rate of 18kW, find, in Newtons, the resistance to motion. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 900

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A crane raises a 5000kg steel girder at 0.4m/s. Assuming that work is not lost in driving the crane, what is the power (in kW to 1 d.p.) of the crane's engine ? Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 19.6

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A locomotive working at the rate of 240kW pulls a train up a straight track inclined at an angle sin-1 (1/50). The total mass of the train and the locomotive is 56000kg. When the speed is 5m/s the acceleration is 0.25m/s2. Find the total resistance (in Newtons) at this speed. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 23024

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The engine of a 5000kg coach can work at 40kW. If the resistance to motion is 1500N, find the maximum speed (in m/s) of the coach up a slope of angle sin-1(1/98). Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 20

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A cyclist and his bike have a combined mass of 75kg. Find the maximum speed the cyclist can attain when going up a slope of inclination sin-1(1/15). The cyclist can work at a rate of 210W against resistances (other than gravity) totalling 21N. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 3

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A car of mass 600kg has a maximum power of S Watts. The car has a top speed of 40m/s on a flat road and 24m/s up a hill inclined at an angle of sin-1(0.2). The resistance to motion on both roads is the same. Calculate the value of S. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 70560

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With its engine working at a constant rate of 15kW, a car of mass 800kg ascends a hill of inclination tan-1(1/98) against a constant resistance to motion of 420N. Find the acceleration (in m/s2 to 2d.p.) of the car up the hill when travelling at 10 m/s. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 1.25

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A cyclist travels along a level road against a resistance to motion of 20N, the greatest speed that she can attain is 10m/s. Find the maximum rate (in Watts) at which the cyclist can work. Answer: Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. 200

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