Question

6. A car accelerates from rest to 5m/s in 20 s. The force from the engine is 2000N. The force of air resistance and friction acting is 1000N. What is the cars mass?

Answer 1

net force= 2000-1000=1000

a=v-u/t=5/20=1/4

m=?

m=f/a

=1000÷1/4=4000kg