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A 1100-kg car pulls a boat on a trailer.
(a) What total force resists the motion of the car, boat, and trailer, if the car exerts a 1900-N force on the road and produces an acceleration of 0.550 m/s²? The mass of the boat plus trailer is 700 kg.
(b) What is the force in the hitch between the car and the trailer if 80% of the resisting forces are experienced by the boat and trailer?

(a) The total resistance force is 910 N.

(b) The force in the hitch between the car and the trailer is 1113 N.

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Step 1: Given data

Mass of the car = 1100 kg.
Force exerted by the car = 1900 N.
Mass of the boat and trailer = 700 kg.
Acceleration = 0.550 m/s².

Step 2: (a) Determine the total resistance force

Apply Newton’s second law of motion as:

$\begin{matrix} F_{n e t} = M a \\ F - f = (m_{b} + m_{t} + m_{c}) a \end{matrix}$ ………….……………(i)

Here, F_net is the net force acting on the system, m_b is the mass of the boat, m_tis the mass of the trailer, m_c is the mass of the car, a is the acceleration, and F is the force exerted by the car, and f is the resistance force.

Substitute 700 kg for (m_b+m_t), 1100 kg for m_c, 1900 N for F, and 0.550 m/s² for a in the above expression, and we get,

$\begin{matrix} 1900 N - f = (700 + 1100) kg \times {0.55 m/s}^{2} \\ 1900 N - f = 1800 kg \times {0.55 m/s}^{2} \\ f = (1900 - 990) N \\ f = 910 N \end{matrix}$

Hence, the total resistance force is 910 N.

Step 3: (b) Determine the force in the hitch between the car and the trailer

Apply Newton’s second law of motion as:

$F' - 0 .8 f = (m_{b} + m_{t}) a$

Here, F’ is the force in the hitch between the car and the trailer.

Substitute 900 N for f, 700 kg for (m_b+m_t), and 0.550 m/s² for a in the above expression, and we get,

localid="1655713865611" $\begin{matrix} F' - 0 .8 \times 910 N = 700 kg \times {0.55 m/s}^{2} \\ F' - 728 N = 385 N \\ F' = (385 + 728) N \\ F' = 1113 N \end{matrix}$

Hence, the force in the hitch between the car and the trailer is 1113 N.

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