| Exam Board | CAIE |
| Module | M1 (Mechanics 1) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Newton'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 \(20 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).