1 Throughout all parts of this question, the resistance to the motion of a car has magnitude \(\mathrm { kv } ^ { 2 } \mathrm {~N}\), where \(v \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) is the speed of the car and \(k\) is a constant.
At first, the car travels along a straight horizontal road with constant speed \(20 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The power developed by the car at this speed is 5000 W .
- Show that \(k = \frac { 5 } { 8 }\).
- Find the power the car must develop in order to maintain a constant speed of \(28 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) when travelling along the same horizontal road.
The car climbs a hill which is inclined at an angle of \(2 ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal. The power developed by the car is 13000 W , and the car has a constant speed of \(20 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
- Determine the mass of the car.