PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

ACTIVITY 3 – Work, Energy and Power

Discussion: Read the article below.

Read Chapter 6 and 7 of University Physics by Young and Freedman 15 th Ed.

Video: Watch the video on the link below

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QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS

Part 1
In simple words, define the following. (avoid copying definition from the web)
1. Work
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2. Energy
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3. Power
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Part 2
Problem Solving

1. A 1000 N piano is moved 20 m across a floor by a horizontal force of 350 N. Find the
coefficient of friction. What happens to the energy expended?
2. A sled weighing 100 lb. reaches the foot of a hill with a speed of 40 ft/s. The coefficient
of kinetic friction between the sled and the horizontal surface of the ice at the foot of
the hill is 0.030. How far will the sled travel on ice?
3. You push your physics book 1.50 m along a horizontal table-top with a horizontal push
of 2.40 N while the opposing force of friction is 0.600 N. How much work does each of
the following forces do on the book: (a) your 2.40-N push, (b) the friction force, (c) the
normal force from the tabletop, and (d) gravity? (e) What is the net work done on the
book?
 4. Using a cable with a tension of 1350 N, a tow truck pulls a car 5.00 km along a horizontal
roadway. (a) How much work does the cable do on the car if it pulls horizontally? If it
pulls at 35.0° above the horizontal? (b) How much work does the cable do on the tow
truck in both cases of part (a)? (c) How much work does gravity do on the car in part (a)?
5. A 75.0 kg painter climbs a ladder that is 2.75 m long and leans against a vertical wall.
The ladder makes a 30.0° angle with the wall. How much work does gravity do on the
painter?
6. A 12.0 kg package in a mail-sorting room slides 2.00 m down a chute that is inclined at
53.0° below the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the package and
the chute’s surface is 0.40. Calculate the work done on the package by (a) friction, (b)
gravity, and (c) the normal force. (d) What is the net work done on the package?
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7. You apply a constant force ⃗F =(−68.0 N ) i+(36.0 N) ^j to 380 kg car as the car travels 48.0 m
in a direction that is 240.0° counterclockwise from the +x-axis. How much work does the
force you apply do on the car?
8. A 1.50 kg book is sliding along a rough horizontal surface. At point A it is moving at 3.21
m/s, and at point B it has slowed to 1.25 m/s (a) How much total work was done on the
book between A and B? (b) If – 0.750 J of total work is done on the book from B to C,
how fast is it moving at point C? (c) How fast would it be moving at C if +0.750 J of total
work was done on it from B to C?
9. Two tugboats pull a disabled supertanker. Each tug exerts a constant force of 1.80 * 10 6
N, one 14° west of north and the other 14° east of north, as they pull the tanker 0.75 km
toward the north. What is the total work they do on the supertanker?

10. A loaded grocery cart is rolling across a parking lot in a strong wind. You apply a
constant force ⃗F =( 30 N ) i^ – (40 N ) ^j to the cart as it undergoes a displacement
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s=(−9.0 m) i−(3.0 m) ^j . How much work does the force you apply do on the grocery cart?

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Key:
0.035
833.3 ft
(a) 3.6 J, (b)-0.9 J, (c) 0.0 J, (d) 0.0 J, (e) 2.70 J
(a) 6.75 x 106, 5.53 x 106, (b) -6.75 x 106, -5.53 x
106, (c) 0
-1,750 J
(a) -57 J, (b) 188 J, (c) 0, (d) 131 J
135 J
(a) -6.56 J, (b) 0.75 m/s, (c) 1.6 m/s
2.62 x 109 J
-150 J

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