The World Solar Challenge in 1987 was the first car race in which all the vehicles were solar powered. The winner was the GM Sunraycer, which had a mass of 177.4 kg, not counting the driver's mass. Assume that the driver had a mass of 61.5 kg, so that the total momentum of the car and driver had a magnitude of 4.416 x 10° kg-m/s. What was the car's speed in m/s and km/h?

The World Solar Challenge in 1987 was the first car race in which all the vehicles were solar powered. The winner was the GM Sunraycer, which had a mass of 177.4 kg, not counting the driver's mass. Assume that the driver had a mass of 61.5 kg, so that the total momentum of the car and driver had a magnitude of 4.416 x 10° kg-m/s. What was the car's speed in m/s and km/h?

Inquiry into Physics

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Chapter12: Relativity, Particle Physics, And Cosmology

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