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The document provides a tutorial on work, energy and power with 7 multi-part problems. It covers topics like calculating work done by forces, using the work-energy theorem, and finding the power needed to lift an elevator. Frictional forces, gravitational potential energy, and constant forces are incorporated into the various questions.

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The document provides a tutorial on work, energy and power with 7 multi-part problems. It covers topics like calculating work done by forces, using the work-energy theorem, and finding the power needed to lift an elevator. Frictional forces, gravitational potential energy, and constant forces are incorporated into the various questions.

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INSTITUTE OF BASIC AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

PHY 101 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

TUTORIAL SHEET 5: WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

1. A block of mass m = 2.50 kg is pulled through distance d = 2.20 m along a horizontal


table by a constant applied force of magnitude F = 16.0 N

a) How much work is done by the applied force if θ = 30°?


b) Suppose µk = 0.2, How much work is done on the block by friction?
c) Calculate the total work done on the block?
2. A block of 10 Kg is pulled on an inclined plane with a force of 20N. The coefficient of friction between
the block and the plane is 0.2.

a) Calculate the work is done by the applied force F if it is pulled through a distance of 2 m and θ =
20°?
b) Calculate the normal force?
c) Calculate the friction force between the block and the plane?
d) Calculate the work done by the friction force.?
e) Calculate the total work done?
3. The driver of a 1000 kg car traveling on the interstate at 35.0 m/s slam on his brakes to avoid hitting a
second vehicle in front of him, which had come to rest because of congestion ahead.
After the breaks are applied, a constant friction force of 8000 N acts on the car. Ignore air resistance.
(a) At what minimum distance should the brakes be applied to avoid a collision with the other vehicle?
(b) If the distance between the vehicles is initially only 30.0 m, at what speed would the collisions occur?

4. A 5.00 g bullet moving at 600 m/s penetrates a tree trunk to a depth of 4.00 cm.
(a) Use the work-energy theorem, to determine the average frictional force that stops the bullet.
(b) Assuming that the frictional force is constant, determine how much time elapses between the moment
the bullet enters the tree and the moment it stops moving
5. A cable exerts a constant upward tension of magnitude 12500 N on a 1000 kg elevator as it rises
through a vertical distance of 2.00 m.
(a) Find the work done by the tension force on the elevator.
(b) Find the work done by the force of gravity on the elevator.

6. A 60.0 - kg skier is at the top of a slope, as shown in Figure below. At the initial point A, she is 10.0 m
vertically above point B.

a) Setting the zero level for gravitational potential energy at B, find the gravitational potential energy of this
system when the skier is at A and then at B. Finally, find the change in potential energy of the skier – Earth
system as the skier goes from point A to point B.
(b) Repeat this problem with the zero level at point A.
(c) Repeat again, with the zero level 2.00 m higher than point B.

7. A 1000-kg elevator carries a maximum load of 800 kg. A constant frictional force of 4000 N retards its
motion upward. What minimum power must the motor deliver to lift the fully loaded elevator at a
constant speed of 4 m/s?

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