College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 6 - Problems - Page 229: 38

Answer

The car reaches a highest point of 25.4 meters above the bottom of the hill.

Work Step by Step

We can use conservation of energy to find the highest point the car reaches on the hill (where we can assume that the kinetic energy is zero): $U_2+KE_2 = U_1+KE_1$ $mgh_2+0 = mgh_1+\frac{1}{2}mv_1^2$ $h_2 = h_1+\frac{v_1^2}{2g}$ $h_2 = (5.0~m)+\frac{(20.0~m/s)^2}{(2)(9.80~m/s^2)}$ $h_2 = 25.4~m$ The car reaches a highest point of 25.4 meters above the bottom of the hill.
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