A car traveling at 30 m/s runs out of gas while traveling up a 10° slope. How far up the hill will it coast before starting to roll back down?

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The distance travelled by car before it rolls back is 260.2 m.

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Step 1.  Write the given information

The car is traveling at the initial speedu=30m/s

The car is traveling on the slope inclined at the angle 10o.
If the gas runs out, then the car would stop and starts rolling back. Before, it starts rolling the velocity of the car would be vf=0m/sec

Acceleration due to gravity is g=10m/sec

The deceleration of the car is given by

localid="1648196205233" a=gsinΘa=10(sin10°)a=1.73m/s2

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Step 2. To determine the distance traveled by car before it rolls back

Let the time taken by the car until it starts rolling ist.
Write the equation and substitute the known variables
v=u+at0=30+(-1.73)tt=301.73=17.34sec

Thus, the time taken by a car to stop and roll back is 17.34 sec
Now, let the distance covered by the car is S
Using the equation of motion,
localid="1648466936650" S=ut+12at2S=30(17.3)+12(-1.73)(17.3)2S=519-258.8S=260.2m

Hence, the distance traveled by car before it rolls back is 260.2 m.

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