CAIE M1 2024 June — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

4 A car of mass 1700 kg is pulling a trailer of mass 300 kg along a straight horizontal road. The car and trailer are connected by a light inextensible cable which is parallel to the road. There are constant resistances to motion of 400 N on the car and 150 N on the trailer. The power of the car's engine is 14000 W . Find the acceleration of the car and the tension in the cable when the speed is \(20 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).