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Chapter 7 Problem 65

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 Problem 65PE

Unreasonable Results

A car advertisement claims that its 900-kg car accelerated from rest to 30.0 m/s and drove 100 km, gaining 3.00 km in altitude, on 1.0 gal of gasoline. The average force of friction including air resistance was 700 N. Assume all values are known to three significant figures. (a) Calculate the car’s efficiency. (b) What is unreasonable about the result? (c) Which premise is unreasonable, or which premises are inconsistent?

Solution

Part (a)

Step 1 of 6:

The speed of the car is provided. The car has gone to 100 km distance and gained 3.00 km altitude. The car must possess the kinetic and potential energy if it moves at a height. The motion of the car is affected by external resistances like friction and air resistance. We are going to find the efficiency of the car.

The mass of the car

The final speed of the car

The initial speed of the car

The height gained by the car  or

The distance traveled  or

The frictional force

The acceleration due to gravity

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Title College Physics  1 
Author Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
ISBN 9781938168000

Unreasonable ResultsA car advertisement claims that its

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