1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Fittoniya [83]
3 years ago
7

You are the juror of a case involving a drunken driver whose 1041 kg sports car ran into a stationary 1928 kg station wagon stop

ped at a red traffic light. the cars stuck together and slid with locked wheels for 12.0 m before coming to rest. the coefficient of sliding friction on the dry road was 0.60. estimate the speed of the sports car when it hit the station wagon.

Physics
1 answer:
mina [271]3 years ago
7 0
1. Find the force of friction between the sports car and the station wagon stuck together and the road. The total mass m = 1928kg + 1041kg = 2969kg. The only force in the x-direction is friction: F = μ*N = μ * m * g 
2. Find the acceleration due to friction: 
F = m*a =  μ * m * g => a = μ * g = 0.6 * 9.81
3. Find the time it took the two cars stuck together to slide 12m:
x = 0.5*a*t² 
t = sqrt(2*x / a) = sqrt(2 * x / (μ * g) )
4. Find the initial velocity of the two cars:
v = a*t = μ * g * sqrt(2 * x / (μ * g) ) = sqrt( 2 * x * μ * g)
5. Use the initial velocity of the two cars combined to find the velocity of the sports car. Momentum must be conserved:

m₁ mass of sports car
v₁ velocity of sports car before the crash
m₂ mass of station wagon
v₂ velocity of station wagon before the crash = 0
v velocity after the crash

m₁*v₁ + m₂*v₂ = (m₁+m₂) * v = m₁*v₁ 
v₁ = (m₁+m₂) * v / m₁ = (m₁+m₂) * sqrt( 2 * x * μ * g) / m₁
v₁ = 33.9 m/s


You might be interested in
Find the acceleration of the blocks when the system is released. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.4, and the mass of eac
grin007 [14]

Answer:

a = 4.9(1 - sinθ - 0.4cosθ)

Explanation:

Really not possible without a complete setup.

I will ASSUME that this an Atwood machine with two masses (m) connected by an ideal rope passing over an ideal pulley. One mass hangs freely and the other is on a slope of angle θ to the horizontal with coefficient of friction μ. Gravity is g

                                     F = ma

mg - mgsinθ - μmgcosθ = (m + m)a

      mg(1 - sinθ - μcosθ) = 2ma

      ½g(1 - sinθ - μcosθ) = a

maximum acceleration is about 2.94 m/s² when θ = 0

acceleration will be zero when θ is greater than about 46.4°

8 0
3 years ago
Light intensity is?
Fittoniya [83]
The correct answer is:
<span>The rate at which a waves energy flows through a given unit of area

In fact, light intensity is defined as the light power per unit of area:
</span>I= \frac{P}{A}
<span>but the power is the energy carried by the light per unit of time:
</span>P= \frac{E}{t}
<span>this means that the intensity can be rewritten as
</span>I= \frac{E}{tA}<span>
So, it's basically the rate of energy (per unit of time) through a given surface.</span>
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Please,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Airida [17]

Answer:

bsjzbzkzznnzkzkznzjzbzbzbzbzbzbzbzbznznenenenenenene

4 0
2 years ago
Please indicate how long each bar is in centimeters and millimeters.
Maru [420]

Answer:

1) 74 cm or 740 mm

2) 33 cm or 330 mm

3) 76 cm or 760 mm

4) 17 cm or 170 mm

brainliest !?!?

6 0
2 years ago
What is kinetic energy?
skad [1K]
Kinetic energy is the energy the makes an object move. 
6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Can you give me some project ideas
    5·1 answer
  • Gravity is the main force for mass movement.<br> True<br> False
    9·2 answers
  • Help plz I don't understand ​
    5·1 answer
  • Elements in the family often have a similar
    6·2 answers
  • What is the volume of 2400kg of gasoline (petrol) if the density of petrol is 0.7g/km3
    10·1 answer
  • The picture below shows an experiment to find out the highest frequencies which students can hear. When the teacher turns the di
    9·1 answer
  • The magnitude of perpendicular vectors can be determined using ....
    13·1 answer
  • Please help me..........
    6·2 answers
  • Why might measuring changes in speed or direction be important?
    5·1 answer
  • Assume your mass is 84 kg. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s 2 . How much work against gravity do you do when you climb
    15·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!