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Originally Posted by d1ck
coheed you need to fix your posts from earlier. Power is a measure of work done per time interval. If an object is accelerated to 1 ft/s there is only work done while it is accelerating (negating friction). As long as the object is moving at a constant speed it uses no energy, therefore there is no work done, and no power required. Newton's first law in action people!
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Negating friction is key. Why are we talking theoretical physics? Lets focus on what actually happens to a car in the real world.