A car of mass 500 kg moving at a speed of 36 km/hr is stopped by applying brakes in 10 s. What is the force applied by the brakes?
Given data: Mass of the car (m) = 500 kg, Speed of the car (u) = 36 km/h, time required to stop the car (t) = 10 s. Find acceleration of the car after applying break to write the equation of the uniform acceleration. v = u + at ......(1) Here, v is the speed of the car after car stopped i.e. 0 m/s and a is the acceleration of the car. Convert speed of the car from km/h to m/s. u = 36 × (1000/3600) u = 10 m/s Substitute 10 m/s for u, 10 s for t and 0 m/s for v in the equation (1). 0 = 10 + (10a) a = -1 m/s² According to defination of the force, write the equation of the force. F = ma Substitute -1 m/s² for a and 500 kg for m in the above equation. F = (-1 ×500) F = -500 N The negative sign represents that this force opposes the motion of the car. Thus, the brake force required to stop the car is 500 N.