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N_L_
Apr6-06, 02:52 AM
Any ideas on how to approach / set up the following problem?

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Hootenanny
Apr6-06, 03:00 AM
The question is bascially asking how much energy is required to travel 350km, with a frictional force of 450N while acclerating from 0 to 95km/h twenty times. You know that all the energy will be 'stored' as rotational kinetic energy and will be converted to work done at the end of the trip.

-Hoot:smile:

N_L_
Apr6-06, 03:03 AM
Thank you.