The horizontal position of a 4500-N car driving down a long, flat, straight road is given by the following formula, where t is measured in seconds. x(t) = (1.2 m/s³) t³ - (1.8) ² a. Use the weight of the car to find its mass. b. What is the x-component of the car's velocity, as a function of time? c. What is the x-component of the car's acceleration, as a function of time?

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The horizontal position of a 4500-N car driving down a long, flat, straight road is given by the following
formula, where t is measured in seconds.
x(t) = (1.2 m/s³) t³ - (1.8) ²
a. Use the weight of the car to find its mass.
b. What is the x-component of the car's velocity, as a function of time?
c. What is the x-component of the car's acceleration, as a function of time?
d. What is the x-component of the net force acting on the car at time t = 0.50 s, t = 1.0 s, and t = 1.5 s?
Transcribed Image Text:The horizontal position of a 4500-N car driving down a long, flat, straight road is given by the following formula, where t is measured in seconds. x(t) = (1.2 m/s³) t³ - (1.8) ² a. Use the weight of the car to find its mass. b. What is the x-component of the car's velocity, as a function of time? c. What is the x-component of the car's acceleration, as a function of time? d. What is the x-component of the net force acting on the car at time t = 0.50 s, t = 1.0 s, and t = 1.5 s?
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xt=1.2 m/s3t3-1.8 m/s2t2                                                              ...(1)

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