You are on vacation in San Francisco and decide to take a cable car to see the city. A 5800-kgkg cable car goes 260 mm up a hill inclined 17 ∘∘ above the horizontal. The system is the car and Earth. Part A Determine the change in the total energy of the system when the car moves from the bottom to the top. Ignore friction.

Explanation:

Mass of the cable car, m = 5800 kg

It goes 260 m up a hill, along a slope of

Therefore vertical elevation of the car =

Now, when you get into the cable car, it's velocity is zero, that is, initial kinetic energy is zero (since K.E. = ). Similarly as the car reaches the top, it halts and hence final kinetic energy is zero.

Therefore the only possible change in the cable car system is the change in it's gravitational potential energy.

Hence, total change in energy = mgh =

where, g = acceleration due to gravity

h = height/vertical elevation

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