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a car of mass 800 kg is moving at a speed of 2.2 m/s. A man pushes the car, increasing the speed to 2.6 m/s. How much work did the man do?

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768 J

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User Pasuna
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Before the push:

Kinetic energy = (1/2) (mass) (speed)²

= (400 kg) (2.2 m/s)²

= 1,936 joules .

After the push:

Kinetic energy = (1/2) (mass) (speed)²

= (400 kg) (2.6 m/s)²

= 2,704 joules .

The car gained (2,704 - 1,936) = 768 joules of kinetic energy.
If there was no help from the engine or a down-hill slope, then
that additional energy could only have come from the pushing man.


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