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WORK ENERGY POWER - SHEET: 5(Lecture–5)

LEVEL - I

1. Find the average frictional force needed to stop a car weighting 500 kg in a distance of 25 m if the initial speed is 72 km/h.

2. Find the average force needed to accelerate a car weighing 500 kg from rest to 72 km/h in a distance of 25 m.

3. The kinetic energy of a body moving along a straight line varies with time as shown
KE
in the figure. The force acting on the body is
(A) zero
(B) constant
(C) directly proportional to velocity
(D) inversely proportional to velocity. t

4.   
An object is acted upon by the forces F1 = 4iˆ N and F2 = ˆi  ˆj N. If the displacement of the object is D  ˆi  6ˆj  6kˆ m, 
the kinetic energy of the object
(A) remains constant (B) increases by 1 J
(C) decreases by 1 J (D) decreases by 2 J

5. A block of mass 1 kg slides down a curved track that is one quadrant of a circle of radius 1 m. Its speed
R = 1m
at the bottom is 2 m/s. Calculate the work done by the frictional force

6. A particle of mass m moves on a straight line with its velocity varying with the distance travelled according to the equation
v = ax, where a is a constant. Find the total work done by all the forces during a displacement x = 0 to x = d.

7. A block of mass 30.0 kg is being brought down by a chain. If the block acquires a speed of 40.0 cm/s in dropping down
2.00 m, find the work done by the chain during the process.

8. A block weighing 10 N travels down a smooth curved track AB joined to a rough horizontal A
surface in the figure. The rough surface has a friction coefficient of 0.20 with the block. If the
block starts slipping on the track from a point 1.0 m above the horizontal surface, how far will
it move on the rough surface? 1.0 m

9. The mass of cyclist together with the bike is 90 kg. Calculate the increase in kinetic energy if the speed
increases from 6.0 km/h to 12 km/h.
2
10. A block of mass 2.00 kg moving at a speed of 10.0 m/s accelerates at 3.00 m/s for 5.00 s. Compute its final
kinetic energy.

LEVEL - II
1. A block of mass 5.0 kg is suspended from the end of a vertical spring which is stretched by 10 cm under the load of the
block. The block is given a sharp impulse from below so that it acquires an upward speed of 2.0 m/s. How high will it rise?
2
Take g = 10 m/s .

2. A 1 kg block situated on a rough inclined plane is connected to a spring of

spring constant 100 N m–1 as shown. The block is released from rest with the
spring in the unstretched position. The block moves 10 cm down the incline
before coming to rest. Find the coefficient of friction between the block and the
incline assume that the spring has negligible mass and the pulley is frictionless.
Take g = 10 ms–2.

3. It is well known that a raindrop or a small pebble falls under the influence of the downward gravitational force and the
opposing resistive force. The latter is known to be proportional to the speed of the drop but is otherwise undetermined.
Consider a drop or small pebble of 1 g falling from a cliff of height 1.00 km. It hits the ground with a speed of 50.0 m s –1.
What is the work done by the unknown resistive force?

4. A force of 1000 N acts on a particle parallel to its direction of motion which is horizontal. Its velocity increases from
1 m s–1 to 10 m s–1, when the force acts through a distance of 4 metre. Calculate the mass of the particle. Given : a force
of 10 newton is necessary for overcoming friction.

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5. Consider the situation shown in figure. The system is released from rest and the block of mass 1.0 kg is found to have a
speed 0.3 m/s after it has descended through a distance of 1m. Find the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block

and the table.

6. In the figure shows a spring fixed at the bottom end of an incline of inclination 37. A small
block of mass 2 kg starts slipping down the incline from a point 4.8 m away from the spring. The
block compresses the spring by 20 cm, stops momentarily and then rebounds through a
distance of 1 m up the incline. Find (a) the friction coefficient between the plane and the block 37
2
and (b) the spring constant of the spring. Take g = 10 m/s
2 3
7. A force acts on a 30g particle in such a way that the position of the particle as a function of time is given by x = 3t – 4t + t ,
where x is in metres and t is in seconds, find the work done during the first 4 seconds?

8. A particle of mass m at rest in acted upon by a constant force P for time t. Find its kinetic energy after time t

9. The total work done on a particle is equal to the change in its kinetic energy
(A) always
(B) only if the forces acting on it are conservative
(C) only if gravitational force alone acts on it
(D) only if elastic force alone acts on it.

10. A constant force F  k(yiˆ  xj),

ˆ where k is a constant, acts on a particle moving in the x-y plane. Starting from the origin,
the particle is moved along the x-axis to a point (a, 0) and from there it is moved parallel to y-axis to the point (a, a).
Calculate the total work done in the whole process

11. A block is suspended by a spring initially in natural length 0. Take

initial position of block as zero reference level for gravitational
potential energy of block. The block is released from rest at its
initial position. Now as the block comes down till the maximum
downward displacement of the block for the first time, the sum of
the elastic potential energy of the spring and the gravitational
potential energy of the block:
(A) increases
(B) decreases
(C) can either increase or decrease depending on the spring
constant
(D) decreases first then increases

12. Two identical cylindrical vessels with their bases at the same level, contain liquid of density ‘d’. the area of both is ‘S’, but
the height of liquid in one vessel is ‘x1’ and in the other ‘x2’. When both cylinders are connected, the work done by gravity
in equalizing the levels is
1
(A) gds(x 2  x1 )2 (B) gds(x2  x1 )2
4
1
(C) gds(x2  x1 ) (D) gds(x 2  x1 )
4
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ANSWERS WORK ENERGY POWER – SHEET – 5(Lecture–5)

LEVEL – I
1. 4000 N 2. 4000 N
3. D
1
3. mv 2  pt (P = const)
2
2Pt
 v=
m
dv 2P 1
a= 
dt m 2 t
mP 1
F = ma = 
2t v

4. C
4. The work done on the object W = F1  D  F2  D , where D is the displacement vector.
 W = 4(1) + (1) (1) + (1) (6) = 1 J
From work–energy theorem W = KEf – KEi = 1 J
 Kinetic energy decreases by 1 J.

5. 8J
2
6. ma d/2

7. 597.6 J

8. 5.0 m

9. 375 J

10. 625 J

LEVEL - II
1. 20 cm 2. 0.13 3. – 8.75 J 4. 80 kg
5. 0.12 6. (a) 0.5, (b) 1000 N/m 7. 5.28 J
P2 t 2
8.
2m
P Pt
8. a , v = at =
m m
2
1 1  Pt  P2 t 2
KE  mv 2 = m  
2 2  m  2m

9. A
ka
2
10.
11. D
1
Potential energy U = kx2 – mgx
2
1
U= kx2 – mgx
2
From graph between U versus elongation x,

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12. A.
x1  x 2
12. The final level in both vessels shall have height x  . The volume of water transferred to B is
2
 x  x2   x  x1  sdg
s  x2  1  = s 2   (x1  x 2 )2
 2   2 

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