A car of mass 1000kg is travelling up a hill of 1 in 49, with engine working at 49kW. Find the greatest speed the car attained up the hill. Find the velocity of car at the instant when the acceleration of car is 2 m/s2. The force of friction is 300N.
Component of weight of car down the hill is,
Force of friction on the car acting down the hill =
Total force acting on the car down the slope of hill is,
Let be the maximum speed of the car.
Therefore,
Let v be the speed of car when its acceleration is
Force exerted by engine on the car at this moment is,
Thus,
i.e. 49000 = 2500 v
v = 19.6 m/s.