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Old 08-08-2012, 02:22 PM   #78
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Originally Posted by d1ck View Post
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!

Negating friction is key. Why are we talking theoretical physics? Lets focus on what actually happens to a car in the real world.
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