CAIE M1 2016 June — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

3 A car of mass 1000 kg is moving along a straight horizontal road against resistances of total magnitude 300 N .
  1. Find, in kW , the rate at which the engine of the car is working when the car has a constant speed of \(40 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. Find the acceleration of the car when its speed is \(25 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and the engine is working at \(90 \%\) of the power found in part (i).