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Q.

A truck can move up a road having a grade of 1 m rise in every 50 m with a speed of 24 km/h the resisting force is equal to 125 weight of the truck. How fast will the same truck move down the hill with the same power ?

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a

15 km/h

b

72 km/h

c

105 km/h

d

45 km/h

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Given,  sinθ=150

The force needed to move the truck up the plane

               F1=Wsinθ+W25=W50+W25=3W50

When truck moves down the plane, force needed

                 F2=W25-Wsinθ=W25-W50=W50

If v2 is the speed of truck down the plane, then for same power,

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             F1v1=F2v2              v2=3v1=3×24=72 km/h

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