Work, Energy and Power

solution

Problem 2
A father racing his son has half the kinetic energy of
the son, who has half the mass of the father. The father
speeds up by 1.0 m/s and then has the same kinetic
energy as the son. What are the original speeds of (a)
the father and (b) the son?

Answers: (a) 2.4 m/s (b) 4.8 m/s

Problem 4

Answers:
(a) Fworker =74 N
(b) Wworker =+333 J
(c) Wf = -333 J
(d) WN =0, Wg =0
(e) WNet =0

Problem 5

Answers:
(a) 30.3 m/s
(b) 46.8 m

Problem 6

the figure.

Answer: 2.90 m/s

Problem 7

(see figure.)

Answers:
(a) 0.600 m
(b) 1.50 m/s

Problem 8

Answer: -209 J