car company wants to build a wind - powered car that converts 100 percent of the mechanical energy in the wind to the mechanical energy of the moving car. Explain why the company will fail.

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Marilyn Haley

Physics

23 October, 06:11

car company wants to build a wind - powered car that converts 100 percent of the mechanical energy in the wind to the mechanical energy of the moving car. Explain why the company will fail.

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Sydnee Mcintyre · Answer 1

There are many factors in which company will fail.

1 - It is not possible to have wind every time while car is on road.

2 - If the wind suddenly stops in middle of road, the car will also not move.

3 - Wind might not be much powerful enough to move the car.

4 - There is no such system that can ever give 100 percent output.

Mateo Clark · Answer 2

EVEN IF they can build such a machine, it's not too useful.

- - If the wind starts and stops, your car would do the same thing.

- - If the wind isn't blowing at all, your car is going nowhere. (and fast)

- - You could never move along the road faster than the wind is moving along the road.

- - You could never move in the direction towards where the wind is coming from. This has been proven before, with the technological marvel known as the "sailboat".

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