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Six-marker: efficiency and energy dissipation (6 marks)

GCSE · Combined Science · Edexcel · CP7Energy — forces doing work

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Question: A car of mass 1200 kg travels along a flat road. The driver applies the brakes and the car decelerates from 25 m/s to rest over a distance of 60 m. Discuss the energy transfers that occur, including how the principle of conservation of energy applies, and explain why the kinetic energy is not transferred entirely to a useful store. (6 marks)

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