Make an order-of-magnitude estimate of the power a car engine contributes to speeding the car up to

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Make an order-of-magnitude estimate of the power a car engine contributes to speeding the car up to highway speed. For concreteness, consider your own car if you use one. In your solution state the physical quantities you take as data and the values you measure or estimate for them. The mass of the vehicle is given in the owner’s manual. If you do not wish to estimate for a car, consider a bus or truck that you specify.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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