A toy car, mass of 0.025 kg, is traveling on a horizontal track with a velocity of 5 m/s. If
the track then starts to climb upwards, how high up the track can the car reach?

Answer:

1.25 m

Explanation:

This is the vertical height not the distance along the slope.

[tex]K=U\\\frac{1}{2}mv^{2} = mgh\\h = \frac{v^{2}}{2g}=\frac{25}{20}=1.25 m[/tex]

The height the car can reach if the the track starts to climb upwards is 1.2742 meters up.

Kinetic energy is energy possessed by a body by virtue of its movement. Potential energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position or its relation with its surrounding systems.

P.E. = mass × g × height

K.E. = 0.5 × mass × (velocity)²

Given that the toy car has a mass of 0.025 kg and is traveling on a horizontal track with a velocity of 5 m/s. Now, the car starts to climb up vertically, therefore, the kinetic energy will be converted to potential energy.

Kinetic Energy = Potential Energy

0.5 × mass × (velocity)² = mass × g × height

Cancel mass from both the sides,

0.5 × (velocity)² = g × height

0.5 × (5 m/s)² = 9.81 m/sec² × height

height = 1.2742 meters

Hence, the car will travel 1.2742 meters up.

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