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Consider a hybrid car that has 200 k J of kinetic energy at a certain speed. The car's regenerative braking is 43 % efficient ( η = 0.43 ) at converting kinetic energy ( E k = 1 / 2 m v 2 ) to energy stored in a battery. When the car slows down to half of its original speed using the regenerative braking, what is the energy, Δ E , added to the car's battery?

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Answer:

600 kJ

Solution:

As per the question:

Kinetic energy of the car, [tex]E'_{k}[/tex] = 200 kJ

[tex]\eta = 0.43[/tex]

[tex]E_{k} = \frac{1}{2}mv^{2}[/tex]       (1)

Now,

The speed of the car reduces to half of its initial speed

If the initial speed is 'v' m/s, then the [tex]v' = \frac{v}{2}[/tex]

Also,

KE varies in proportion to the square of the velocity of the car.

Thus

[tex]E_{k} = \frac{1}{2}mv'^{2}[/tex]

[tex]E_{k} = \frac{1}{2}m(\frac{v}{2})^{2} = \frac{1}{2}m(\frac{v^{2}}{4}[/tex]         (2)

Thus from eqn (1) and (2):

[tex]E_{k} = \frac{1}{4}E'_{k}[/tex]

[tex]E_{k} = 4E'_{k} = 4\times 200 = 800 kJ[/tex]

Therefore,

[tex]\Delta E = E'_{k} - E_{k} = 800 - 200 = 600 kJ[/tex]