CAIE M1 2020 November — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2020
SessionNovember
TopicVariable Force

2 A car of mass 1800 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The power of the car's engine is constant. There is a constant resistance to motion of 650 N .
  1. Find the power of the car's engine, given that the car's acceleration is \(0.5 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 2 }\) when its speed is \(20 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. Find the steady speed which the car can maintain with the engine working at this power.