What acceleration would be achieved by a 5N thrust motor in a 0.30kg
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Answer:
The fraction of kinetic energy lost in the collision in term of the initial energy is 0.49.
Explanation:
As the final and initial velocities are known it is possible then the kinetic energy is possible to calculate for each instant.
By definition, the kinetic energy is:
k = 0.5*mV^2
Expressing the initial and final kinetic energy for cars A and B:
Since the masses are equals:
For the known velocities, the kinetics energies result:
The lost energy in the collision is the difference between the initial and final kinectic energies:
Finally the relation between the lost and the initial kinetic energy:
The work done by a constant force in a rectilinear motion is given by:
where F is the magnitude of the force, d is the distance and θ is the angle between the force and the displacement vector.
In this case we have two forces then we need to add the work done by each of them; for the first force we have a magnitude of 17 N, a displacement of 12 m and and angle of 0° (since both the displacement and the force point right); for the second force we have a magnitude of 36 N, a displacement of 12 m and an angle of 30°. Plugging these values we have that the total work is:
Therefore, the total work done is 578.123 J and the answer is option E