OCR M1 2009 January — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2009
SessionJanuary
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

2 A trailer of mass 500 kg is attached to a car of mass 1250 kg by a light rigid horizontal tow-bar. The car and trailer are travelling along a horizontal straight road. The resistance to motion of the trailer is 400 N and the resistance to motion of the car is 900 N . Find both the tension in the tow-bar and the driving force of the car in each of the following cases.
  1. The car and trailer are travelling at constant speed.
  2. The car and trailer have acceleration \(0.6 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 2 }\).