Explanation:
Efficiency is a way of describing the amount of useful output a process or machine can generate as a percentage of the input required to make it go. In other words, it compares how much energy is used to do work versus how much is lost or wasted to the environment. The more efficient the machine, the less energy wasted.
For example, if a heat engine is able to turn 75 percent of the fuel it receives into motion, while 25 percent is lost as heat in the process, it would be 75 percent efficient. Out of the original 100 percent of the fuel, 75 percent was output as useful work.
the equation:
energy efficiency =useful output energy/total input energy
Answer:
d. 6.0 m
Explanation:
Given;
initial velocity of the car, u = 7.0 m/s
distance traveled by the car, d = 1.5 m
Assuming the car to be decelerating at a constant rate when the brakes were applied;
v² = u² + 2(-a)s
v² = u² - 2as
where;
v is the final velocity of the car when it stops
0 = u² - 2as
2as = u²
a = u² / 2s
a = (7)² / (2 x 1.5)
a = 16.333 m/s
When the velocity is 14 m/s
v² = u² - 2as
0 = u² - 2as
2as = u²
s = u² / 2a
s = (14)² / (2 x 16.333)
s = 6.0 m
Therefore, If the car had been moving at 14 m/s, it would have traveled 6.0 m before stopping.
The correct option is d
