M4 June 2015 Q4

EdexcelOld spec14 marksPower

4. A car of mass 900 kg is moving along a straight horizontal road with the engine of the car working at a constant rate of 22.5 kW. At time \(t\) seconds, the speed of the car is \(v\) m s\(^{-1}\) \((0 < v < 30)\) and the total resistance to the motion of the car has magnitude \(25v\) newtons.

(a) Show that when the speed of the car is \(v\) m s\(^{-1}\), the acceleration of the car is \[\frac{900 - v^2}{36v}\ \text{m s}^{-2}\] (3)

The time taken for the car to accelerate from 10 m s\(^{-1}\) to 20 m s\(^{-1}\) is \(T\) seconds.

(b) Show that \[T = 18\ln\frac{8}{5}\] (5)
(c) Find the distance travelled by the car as it accelerates from 10 m s\(^{-1}\) to 20 m s\(^{-1}\) (6)