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The Lamborghini Huracan has an initial acceleration of 0.85g. Its mass, with a driver, is 1510 kg. If an 80 kg passenger rode along, what would the car's acceleration be?​

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Answer:

7.9 [tex]\frac{m}{s^{2} }[/tex]

Explanation:

Take the fact that mass is inversely proportional to accelertation:

m ∝ a

Therefore m = a, but because we are finding the change in acceleration, we would set our problem up to look more like this:

[tex]\frac{m_{1} }{m_{2} } = \frac{a_{2} }{a_{1} } \\[/tex]

Using algebra, we can rearrange our equation to find the final acceleration, [tex]a_{2}[/tex]:

[tex]a_{2} = \frac{a_{1}*m_{1} }{m_{2} } \\[/tex]

Before plugging everything in, since you are being asked to find acceleration, you will want to convert 0.85g to m/s^2. To do this, multiply by g, which is equal to 9.8 m/s^2:

0.85g * 9.8 [tex]\frac{m }{s^{2} }[/tex] = 8.33 [tex]\frac{m }{s^{2} }[/tex]

Plug everything in:

7.9 [tex]\frac{m }{s^{2} }[/tex] = [tex]\frac{ 8.33\frac{m}{s^{2} }*1510kg }{1590kg}[/tex]

(1590kg the initial weight plus the weight of the added passenger)