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a car is driven up a hill at a constant velocity of 7 m/s, where 3491 N of friction opposes its motion. what is the mass of the car

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The mass of the car is 0 kg.

In order to find the mass of the car, we can use the equation F = ma, where F is the force opposing the motion, m is the mass of the car, and a is the acceleration (which we assume to be zero in this case since the car is moving at a constant velocity).

Since the car is moving at a constant velocity, its acceleration is zero. Therefore, we can rewrite the equation as F = 0 * m, which simplifies to F = 0.

Using the given information that 3491 N of friction opposes the motion of the car, we can conclude that the net force (F) is equal to 3491 N. Hence, the mass of the car (m) is 0 kg.

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