The Efficiency of a car engine is 25%. The total resistance to motion is 1000 N when the car is moving at a constant velocity. If the energy in one litre of petrol is 40 MJ, how far can the car travel with 1.0 litre of petrol? [ 10 km ]

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It is a question under the chapter Effiency. The answer is 10km. How ?
aratio of the useful work done by a machine to the input energy is the efficiency
of the machine.
work done by machine
Efficiency =
x 100%
Energy input
output power
=
x 100%
(5.24 )
input power
Pout < Pin , n < 100%
and n is dimensionless
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The Efficiency of a car engine is 25%. The total resistance to motion is 1000 N when
the car is moving at a constant velocity. If the energy in one litre of petrol is 40 MJ,
how far can the car travel with 1.0 litre of petrol? [ 10 km ]
Transcribed Image Text:aratio of the useful work done by a machine to the input energy is the efficiency of the machine. work done by machine Efficiency = x 100% Energy input output power = x 100% (5.24 ) input power Pout < Pin , n < 100% and n is dimensionless Example 21 The Efficiency of a car engine is 25%. The total resistance to motion is 1000 N when the car is moving at a constant velocity. If the energy in one litre of petrol is 40 MJ, how far can the car travel with 1.0 litre of petrol? [ 10 km ]
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