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A shooting star is a meteoroid that burns up when it reaches Earth’s atmosphere. Many of these meteoroids are quite small. Compare the kinetic energy of a shooting star to that of a moving car.What is the kinetic energy of a 1080-kg car moving at 28.8 m/s (64.4 mi/h)? (MJ)

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Given data:

* The mass of the car is m = 1080 kg.

* The speed of the car is v = 28.8 m/s.

Solution:

The kinetic energy of the car is,


K=(1)/(2)mv^2

Substituting the known values,


\begin{gathered} K=(1)/(2)*1080*(28.8)^2 \\ K=447897.6\text{ J} \\ K=\text{0}.45*10^6\text{ J} \\ K=0\text{.45 MJ} \end{gathered}

Thus, the kinetic energy of the car is 0.45 MJ.

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