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8. A car moving at 35 m/s has 675 joules of KE. What is the mass of the car?

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Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by a body in motion while potential energy is the energy of a body at rest.
Kinetic energy is given by E=1/2MV² where M is the mass of the body while V is the velocity of the body.
To get mass we can use the formula M= 2 Ek/V² (Making M the subject)
hence mass = (2 ×675)÷35²
= 1.102 kg
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