Your light truck weighs 3,500kg. You drive up a gentle slope that is 0.5km long. At the top of the slope you?

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Your light truck weighs 3,500kg. You drive up a gentle slope that is 0.5km long. At the top of the slope you?

are 200m higher in elevation than when you started. Assuming no friction, what force has your engine exerted to drive up this slope?

a. 7000n
b.12000n
c. 14000n
d. 20000n

2007-10-17 15:37:42 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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The sine of the angle of the slope is
2/5
and the force is
m*g*sin(th) or
3500*10*2/5
=14000 N

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2007-10-19 10:56:16 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋