A 50 kg cart is moving at 10 m/s and comes to a hill. If no external forces are acting on the cart, how far up the hill will the cart go? Assume the initial height is 0 m.

Question

I have this homework problem due tonight that I can not solve. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Kinetic energy = 0.5 m v² = 0.5 x 50 x 10²

This will all change to potential energy mgh

50 x 9,81 x h = 0.5 x 50 x 10²

So h = 50 / 9.81 (m)

So final height above the ground is this

We can't find how far up the slope of the hill the cart goes as insufficient information is given