Monica pulls her daughter Jessie in a bike trailer. The trailer and Jessie together have a mass of 25 kg. Monica starts up a 100-m-long slope that's 4.0 m high. On the slope, Monica's bike pulls on the trailer with a constant force of 9.0 N. They start out at the bottom of the slope with a speed of 5.0 m/s.
What is their speed at the top of the slope?

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Answer:

Explanation:

From the given information:

total mass = 25 kg

distance d = 100 m

height = 4.0 m

Force F = 9.0 N

The speed at (bottom) u = 5.0 m/s

Using the concept of energy conservation;

[tex]\dfrac{1}{2}mu^2 + W = \dfrac{1}{2}mv^2 + mgh[/tex]

divide both sides by m

[tex]\dfrac{1}{2}u^2 + \dfrac{W }{m}= \dfrac{1}{2}v^2 + gh[/tex]

multiply both sides by 2

[tex]\dfrac{1}{2}u^2\times 2 + \dfrac{W }{m}\times 2= \dfrac{1}{2}v^2\times 2 + gh\times 2[/tex]

[tex]u^2 +2 \dfrac{W }{m}=v^2 + 2gh[/tex]

[tex]v^2 =u^2 - 2gh+ 2 \dfrac{W }{m}[/tex]

Recall that:

W = Fd

[tex]v^2 =u^2 - 2gh+ 2 \dfrac{Fd }{m}[/tex]

[tex]v^2 =(5.0 \ m/s)^2 - 2(9.81 \ m/s)(4.0 \ m)+ 2 \dfrac{( 9.0 \ N \times 100 \ m) }{25 \ kg}[/tex]

[tex]v^2 =(25.0 ) - 78.48 +72[/tex]

[tex]v^2 = 18.52 \ m^2/s^2[/tex]

[tex]v = \sqrt{18.52 \ m^2/s^2}[/tex]

v = 4.30 m/s