a) Determine an expression for the work done by the force F as a function of x. An uncontrolled 1000 kg car strikes squarely a motorway crash cushion in which the car is brought to rest by successively crushing steel barrels. The length of the crash cushion is 5.4 m, and the magnitude F of the force required to crush the barrels as a function of the distance x the car has moved into the cushion is given by 75kN 120kN 170KN (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.1m) (1.1 ≤ x ≤ 3.6m) (3.6 ≤ x ≤ 5.4m)

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Determine an expression for the work done by the force F as a function of x.
Transcribed Image Text:a) Determine an expression for the work done by the force F as a function of x.
An uncontrolled 1000 kg car strikes squarely a motorway crash cushion in which the car is
brought to rest by successively crushing steel barrels. The length of the crash cushion is 5.4 m,
and the magnitude F of the force required to crush the barrels as a function of the distance x the
car has moved into the cushion is given by
75kN
120kN
170KN
(0 ≤ x ≤ 1.1m)
(1.1 ≤ x ≤ 3.6m)
(3.6 ≤ x ≤ 5.4m)
Transcribed Image Text:An uncontrolled 1000 kg car strikes squarely a motorway crash cushion in which the car is brought to rest by successively crushing steel barrels. The length of the crash cushion is 5.4 m, and the magnitude F of the force required to crush the barrels as a function of the distance x the car has moved into the cushion is given by 75kN 120kN 170KN (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.1m) (1.1 ≤ x ≤ 3.6m) (3.6 ≤ x ≤ 5.4m)
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