Answer:
a) 3673469.39 seconds
b) 6.61×10¹⁴ m
Explanation:
t = Time taken
u = Initial velocity
v = Final velocity = 0.12×3×10⁸ m/s
s = Displacement
a = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s²
Equation of motion
Time taken to reach 12% of light speed is 3673469.39 seconds
The distance it would have to travel is 6.61×10¹⁴ m
The magnitude of the force of friction is 40 N
Explanation:
To solve the problem, we just have to analyze the forces acting on the student and the scooter along the horizontal direction. We have:
- The constant pushing force forward, of magnitude F = 40 N
- The frictional force, acting backward,
Since the two forces are in opposite direction, the equation of motion is
where
m is the mass of the student+scooter
a is the acceleration
However, here the scooter is moving at constant speed: this means that its acceleration is zero, so
a = 0
And therefore,
which means that the magnitude of the force of friction is also equal to 40 N.
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