
A car of mass is driven along a straight horizontal road against a resistance of . The engine has a maximum power output of .
Find the maximum speed the car can reach.

Important Questions on The Work-Energy Principle and Power
A car of mass is driven along a straight horizontal road against a resistance of . The engine has a maximum power output of .
Find the power being used when the car is travelling at a speed of and accelerating at .

A box of mass is pulled up a rough slope by a rope. The rope passes over a smooth pulley and is attached, at the other end, to a block of mass with that end of the rope hanging vertically. The slope is inclined at to the horizontal and the coefficient of friction between the slope and the box is . The system is released from rest. Use the work energy principle to find the speed of the box when it has moved up the slope.

A car of mass travels down a straight road inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The power produced by the engine is and the non-gravitational resistance is a constant .
Find the driving force when the car is travelling at a constant .

A car of mass travels down a straight road inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The power produced by the engine is and the non-gravitational resistance is a constant .
Find the value of .

A lorry of mass moves along a road starting from rest at a point . It reaches a point , and then continues to a point which it reaches with a speed of . The part of the road is straight and horizontal and has length . The part of the road is straight and is inclined downwards at an angle of to the horizontal and has length .
i For the motion from to , find the gain in kinetic energy of the lorry and express its loss in potential energy in terms of . The resistance to the motion of the lorry is and the work done by the driving force of the lorry from to is .

A lorry of mass moves along a road starting from rest at a point . It reaches a point , and then continues to a point which it reaches with a speed of . The part of the road is straight and horizontal and has length . The part of the road is straight and is inclined downwards at an angle of to the horizontal and has length .
Find the value of .

A block of mass is dragged across a rough horizontal floor, using a rope that makes an angle of with the floor. The coefficient of friction between the floor and the block is . The tension in the rope is and air resistance can be ignored. After travelling a distance of , the speed of the box has increased by .
Find the work done against friction, in terms of .

A block of mass is dragged across a rough horizontal floor, using a rope that makes an angle of with the floor. The coefficient of friction between the floor and the block is . The tension in the rope is and air resistance can be ignored. After travelling a distance of , the speed of the box has increased by .
Use the work-energy principle to find, in terms of , the average of the initial and final speeds.
