Given,
The velocity of the car, v=35 m/s
The mass of the car, m=957 kg
The potential energy of an object is related to its position. As the height of the car does not vary with time, the gravitational potential energy of the car is zero.
As the car possesses a velocity, the car will have kinetic energy.
Thus the kinetic energy of the car is given by,
[tex]E=\frac{1}{2}mv^2[/tex]On substituting the known values,
[tex]\begin{gathered} E=\frac{1}{2}\times957\times35^2 \\ =586.16\times10^3\text{ J} \\ =586.16\text{ kJ} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore the kinetic energy of the car is 586.16 kJ
