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Energy, work and power
12 past-paper questions on Energy, work and power
A car of mass 1700kg is pulling a trailer of mass 300kg along a straight horizontal road. The car and trailer are connected by a…
Practise the full question →(b) Use an energy method to find the speed of the particles at the instant when they are at the same vertical height.
Practise the full question →A block of mass 20kg is held at rest at the top of a plane inclined at 30° to the horizontal. The block is projected with speed…
Practise the full question →The car now travels at a constant speed up a hill inclined at an angle of sin¯¹0.15 to the horizontal. Find the greatest possible…
Practise the full question →It is given instead that the plane BC is rough. The work done against the frictional force when Q moves 2m down the plane is 1.8…
Practise the full question →A train of mass 180000kg ascends a straight hill of length 1.5km, inclined at an angle of 1.5° to the horizontal. As it ascends…
Practise the full question →When the lorry has reached a speed of 20 ms⁻¹, it begins to ascend a section of road inclined at an angle α° to the horizontal.…
Practise the full question →A cyclist and bicycle have a total mass of 72kg. The cyclist rides along a horizontal road against a total resistance force of 28…
Practise the full question →(ii) Find the power of the car's engine.
Practise the full question →(b) The car now moves at a constant speed on a straight level road. Given that its engine is working at 54kW, find this speed.
Practise the full question →It is given instead that the plane is rough and the particle reaches B with a speed of 8 ms¯¹. The plane is 25 m long and the…
Practise the full question →Given that the power and resistance to motion are unchanged, find the steady speed which the cyclist could maintain when riding…
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