If a moving car has 100,000J of kinetic energy, what would be the kinetic energy of a truck
which is moving at the same speed but has three times the mass of the car?
(A) 100,000J.
(B) 300,000J.
(C) 900,000J.
(D) 33,333J
If a moving car has 100,000J of kinetic energy, what would be the kinetic energy of a truck
which is moving at the same speed but has three times the mass of the car?
(A) 100,000J. --- No.
The truck has more kinetic energy.
If a moving car has 100,000J of kinetic energy, what would be the kinetic energy of a truck
which is moving at the same speed but has three times the mass of the car?
(B) 300,000J. --- Yes.
Total energy is proportional to mass.
If a moving car has 100,000J of kinetic energy, what would be the kinetic energy of a truck
which is moving at the same speed but has three times the mass of the car?
(C) 900,000J. --- No.
Total energy is proportional to mass, not mass squared.
If a moving car has 100,000J of kinetic energy, what would be the kinetic energy of a truck
which is moving at the same speed but has three times the mass of the car?
(D) 33,333J --- No.
The larger truck has more kinetic energy than the car.