OCR MEI Further Mechanics A AS 2021 November — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Mechanics A AS (Further Mechanics A AS)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

5 A car of mass 1600 kg is travelling uphill along a straight road inclined at \(4.7 ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal. The power developed by the car is constant and equal to 120 kW . The car is towing a caravan and together they have a maximum speed of \(32 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) uphill. In this question you may model any resistances to motion as negligible.
  1. Determine the mass of the caravan. The caravan is now detached from the car. Continuing up the same road, the car passes a point A at a speed of \(20 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The car later passes through a point \(B\) on the same road such that \(A B = 80 \mathrm {~m}\) and the car takes 3.54 seconds to travel from A to B . The power developed by the car while travelling from A to B is constant and equal to 80 kW .
  2. Determine the speed of the car at B .
  3. State one possible refinement to the model used in parts (a) and (b).