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Power help, please i dont understand!

When the car climbs a 1 in 10 slope, at the same speed of 50km/hr, the power
needed, in kW is:

I dont understand the 1/10 slope and if using power = force * velocity

where do i get the force from? so confused7

mass is 800kg

Solution solved

i got the power to be = 10844w
(edited 10 years ago)
Just in case anyone else reading this wants to know the answer to the poster's questions...

1 in 10 means that for every 10m the car moves along the slope it rises a vertical height of 1m.

Power is calculated from consideration of the potential energy (mgh) gained in one second.

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