CAIE M1 2017 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

6 A car of mass 1200 kg is travelling along a horizontal road.
  1. It is given that there is a constant resistance to motion.
    (a) The engine of the car is working at 16 kW while the car is travelling at a constant speed of \(40 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). Find the resistance to motion.
    (b) The power is now increased to 22.5 kW . Find the acceleration of the car at the instant it is travelling at a speed of \(45 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. It is given instead that the resistance to motion of the car is \(( 590 + 2 v ) \mathrm { N }\) when the speed of the car is \(v \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The car travels at a constant speed with the engine working at 16 kW . Find this speed.