Author Question: On its own, a tow truck has a maximum acceleration of 3.0 m/s2. What will be its maximum ... (Read 123 times)

MirandaLo · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

On its own, a tow truck has a maximum acceleration of 3.0 m/s2. What will be its maximum acceleration when the truck is using a light horizontal chain to tow a bus of twice its own mass?

A) 2.5 m/s2
B) 2.0 m/s2
C) 1.5 m/s2
D) 1.0 m/s2

Question 2

The heater element of a particular 120-V toaster is a 8.9-m length of nichrome wire, whose diameter is 0.86 mm. The resistivity of nichrome at the operating temperature of the toaster is 1.3 10-6 m.

If the toaster is operated at a voltage of 120 V, how much power does it draw? A) 720 W
B) 700 W
C) 750 W
D) 770 W
E) 800 W