An electric toy car with a mass of $5 k g$ $5 kg$ is powered by a motor with a voltage of $4 V$ $4 V$ and a current supply of $4 A$ $4 A$ . How long will it take for the toy car to accelerate from rest to $2 \frac{m}{s}$ $2 m/s$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-18T04:56:05

$0.625 s$ $0.625 "s"$

The power input is the product of the voltage and the current.

$P = I V$ $P = IV$

$= (4 V) \cdot (4 A)$ $= (4 "V") * (4 "A")$

$= 16 W$ $= 16 "W"$

The change in kinetic energy for the car is

$Delta "KE" = 1/2 m (v^2 - v_0^2)$

$= 1/2 (5 "kg") ((2 "m/s")^2 - (0 "m/s")^2)$

$= 10"J"$

Thus, the time needed is the energy divided by the power.

$t = frac{Delta "KE"}{P}$

$= frac{10 "J"}{16 "W"}$

$= 0.625 "s"$

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