A 650 kg car pulling a 485 kg trailer accelerates forward at a rate of 2.17 m/s. Assume frictional forces on the trailer are negligible. Ignore air drag. (a) Calculate the net force (in N) on the car. magnitude direction Select- (b) Calculate the net force (in N) on the trailer. magnitude direction Select (c) What is the force (in N) exerted by the trailer on the car? magnitude direction Select (d) What is the resultant force exerted by the car on the road? (Assume that the forward direction is along the +x-direction to the right and that the +y direction points upward. Enter the magnitude in N and the direction in degrees measured from the left of the -y-direction.) magnitude direction (measured from the left of the -y-direction)

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A 650 kg car pulling a 485 kg trailer accelerates forward at a rate of 2.17 m/s. Assume frictional forces on the trailer are negligible. Ignore air drag.
(a) Calculate the net force (in N) on the car.
magnitude
N
direction
Select
(b) Calculate the net force (in N) on the trailer.
magnitude
direction
Select
(c) What is the force (in N) exerted by the trailer on the car?
magnitude
direction
Select
(d) What is the resultant force exerted by the car on the road? (Assume that the forward direction is along the +x-direction to the right and that the +y
direction points upward. Enter the magnitude in N and the direction in degrees measured from the left of the -y-direction.)
magnitude
N
direction
(measured from the left of the -y-direction)
Transcribed Image Text:A 650 kg car pulling a 485 kg trailer accelerates forward at a rate of 2.17 m/s. Assume frictional forces on the trailer are negligible. Ignore air drag. (a) Calculate the net force (in N) on the car. magnitude N direction Select (b) Calculate the net force (in N) on the trailer. magnitude direction Select (c) What is the force (in N) exerted by the trailer on the car? magnitude direction Select (d) What is the resultant force exerted by the car on the road? (Assume that the forward direction is along the +x-direction to the right and that the +y direction points upward. Enter the magnitude in N and the direction in degrees measured from the left of the -y-direction.) magnitude N direction (measured from the left of the -y-direction)
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