A car whose weight is 20,000 N (meaning that its mass is about 2000 kg) is travelling at constant speed of 25 m/s up an incline that makes an angle of 4o with respect to the horizontal. Consider the car alone to be the system.   A.What work does the gravitational interaction between the car and the Earth do on the car each second? B.What does the momentum requirement imply about the total external force acting on the car? C. Is the car's internal energy increasing or decreasing?   Defend your response in each case.

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A car whose weight is 20,000 N (meaning that its mass is about 2000 kg) is travelling at constant speed of 25 m/s up an incline that makes an angle of 4o with respect to the horizontal. Consider the car alone to be the system.  

A.What work does the gravitational interaction between the car and the Earth do on the car each second?

B.What does the momentum requirement imply about the total external force acting on the car?

C. Is the car's internal energy increasing or decreasing?  

Defend your response in each case. 

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