a student lifts a toy car from a bench and places the toy car at the top of a slope describe an energy transfer that occurs when the student lifts the toy car from the bench and places the toy car at the top of the slope.

Assuming there are no energy losses due to friction or drag, the gravitational potential energy will change into kinetic potential energy as the car reaches the bottom of the slope.

G.P.E = m*g*h

K.E = (m*v^2)/2

where

m = mass of toy car (kg)

g = gravity (m/s^2)

h = heigh of your car from the bottom (m)

v = velocity of the toy car as it reaches the bottom (m/s)

Equate K.E to G.P.E

G.P.E = K.E

m*g*h = (m*v^2)/2

make v the subject of the formula

v = (2*g*h)^(1/2)

Substitute g = 9.81 m/s^2 and h = 2m into the equation to get v

v = (2*9.81*2)^(1/2)

v = 6.264 m/s

An applied force is a force that is applied to an object by a person or another object. If a person is pushing a desk across the room, then there is an applied force acting upon the object. The applied force is the force exerted on the desk by the person.

A friction force is the force exerted by a surface as an object moves across it or makes an effort to move across it. There are at least two types of friction force - sliding and static friction. Though it is not always the case, the friction force often opposes the motion of an object. For example, if a book slides across the surface of a desk, then the desk exerts a friction force in the opposite direction of its motion. Friction results from the two surfaces being pressed together closely, causing intermolecular attractive forces between molecules of different surfaces. As such, friction depends upon the nature of the two surfaces and upon the degree to which they are pressed together. The maximum amount of friction force that a surface can exert upon an object can be calculated using the formula below:

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