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angeljunti
Sep18-06, 12:08 AM
A car traveling at 25.0m/s runs out of gas while traveling up a 22.0 degree slope.
How far up the hill will it coast before starting to roll back down?

i tried doing (2*25m/s)^2 / cos22*-9.8cos68 but that wasn't the right answer...

~help please?

6Stang7
Sep18-06, 03:44 AM
what equation are you using? have you drawn a force diagram?

Hootenanny
Sep18-06, 06:42 AM
Alternatively, one could consider the work-energy theorem

Delzac
Sep18-06, 06:44 AM
When i comes to inclined slope like these part of the g is "filtered" off. Thus Draw out your free body diagram, resolve the g in the direction parrallel to the slope.


then use the formular V^2 = U^2 + 2as



Hope it helps.

EDITED version
sry ><

Hootenanny
Sep18-06, 06:45 AM
Delzac, please do not post complete solutions.

Edit: No problems Delzac

6Stang7
Sep18-06, 10:01 AM
Alternatively, one could consider the work-energy theorem
most defiantly, that's how i first looked at it. from the looks of it though they haven't started studying energy yet (at least that's what i think) and i was ify on possible jumping ahead.

6Stang7
Sep18-06, 10:02 AM
well, now that the correct formula has been given, does the car accelerate? if so, how would you find the acceleration rate of the car?

castaway
Sep18-06, 10:36 AM
When i comes to inclined slope like these part of the g is "filtered" off. Thus Draw out your free body diagram, resolve the g in the direction parrallel to the slope.


then use the formular V^2 = U^2 + 2as



Hope it helps.

EDITED version
sry ><
how can you be sure that the acceleration or retardation here is constant?

Hootenanny
Sep18-06, 10:40 AM
how can you be sure that the acceleration or retardation here is constant?
Is the acceleration due to gravity (approximately) constant here?

google22
Oct25-08, 12:00 AM
I got 85m by solving for a then using v^2=v1^2+2ad