Force

The engine of a car applies enough force to accelerate the car from 0 km/h to 180 km/h covering a distance of 100 m. If the mass of the car is 3 tons. Find the force applied by the car's engine?

(Write the answer in newtons.)


The answer is 37500.

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Using the formula below, where u u , v v , a a and S S are the initial velocity, final velocity and constant acceleration of the car, and the distance it covers respectively:

v 2 u 3 = 2 a S a = v 2 u 2 2 S = ( 180 × 1000 60 × 60 ) 2 0 2 2 × 100 = 12.5 ms 2 \begin{aligned} v^2-u^3 & = 2aS \\ \implies a &=\frac {v^2-u^2}{2S} \\ & = \frac {\left(\frac{180\times 1000}{60 \times 60}\right)^2-0^2}{2\times 100} \\ &= 12.5 \text{ ms}^{-2} \end{aligned}

Let the mass of the car be m m . Then by Newton Second Law of Motion, the force applied by the engine is F = m a = F=ma= 3000 × 12.5 = 3000\times 12.5= 37500 \boxed{37500} N.

Diego Barreto
Feb 12, 2015

Using that the total work is equal to the variation of kinectic energy:

W = Δ E k F d = m v f 2 2 m v i 2 2 W=\Delta { E }_{ k }\rightarrow Fd=\frac { m{ v }_{ f }^{ 2 } }{ 2 } -\frac { m{ v }_{ i }^{ 2 } }{ 2 }

Substituting the values:

F 100 = 3 1000 180 2 2 3.6 2 F*100=\frac { 3*1000*{ 180 }^{ 2 } }{ 2*{ 3.6 }^{ 2 } }

Therefore,

F = 37500 \boxed{F=37500}

We have , u=0 v=180*5/18=50m/s s=100m m=3 tons = 3000 kg

Using third equation of motion we have. a=v^2 - u^2 / 2s = 12.5 m/s^2

Using formula F = MA ,we get , F = 3000*12.5 = 37500 N

Rifath Rahman
Sep 22, 2014

Here v=180 * 5/18=50 m/s and m=3 tons=3*1000=3000 kg We know that S={(v+u)/2}t or 100={(50+0)/2}t or 100=25t so t=4 s,then a=(v-u)/t=50/4=25/2 m/s^2 now F=ma=3000 * 25/2=37500 N

Raghu Raman Ravi
Aug 14, 2014

v=180kmph=50mps u=0 s=100m m=3ton=3000kg

v^{2} - u^{2} = 2as

2500 - 0 = 2 a 100

a = 2500/200 = 12.5

F = ma = 3000*12.5 = 37500N

@Raghu Raman Ravi i see that you used the formula v^{2} - u^{2} = 2as but suppose if we didn't know the formula, how can we solve this?

Pree Grg - 6 years, 10 months ago

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Use work and energy. Check my solution above.

Diego Barreto - 6 years, 4 months ago

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