OCR M2 2012 June — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

2 A car of mass 1600 kg moves along a straight horizontal road. The resistance to the motion of the car has constant magnitude 800 N and the car's engine is working at a constant rate of 20 kW .
  1. Find the acceleration of the car at an instant when the car's speed is \(20 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\). The car now moves up a hill inclined at \(4 ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal. The car's engine continues to work at 20 kW and the magnitude of the resistance to motion remains at 800 N .
  2. Find the greatest steady speed at which the car can move up the hill.