CAIE M1 2020 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2020
SessionJune
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

2 A car of mass 1800 kg is towing a trailer of mass 400 kg along a straight horizontal road. The car and trailer are connected by a light rigid tow-bar. The car is accelerating at \(1.5 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 2 }\). There are constant resistance forces of 250 N on the car and 100 N on the trailer.
  1. Find the tension in the tow-bar.
  2. Find the power of the engine of the car at the instant when the speed is \(20 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).