WORK

DEFINE AS THE PRODUCT

OF THE FORCE APPLIED TO
MOVE AN OBJECT AND THE
DISPLACEMENT IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE FORCE.

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CALCULATING WORK
MULTIPLY THE FORCE F
BY THE DISPLACEMENT d

W=Fd cosƟ
IF PERPENDICULAR
cos
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WHEN COMPUTING THE WORK
DONE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING.
1. KNOW THE DIRECTION OF THE
FORCE
2. KNOW THE DIRECTION OF
MOTION RELATIVE TO THE
FORCE . THE FORCE AND THE
DIRECTION OF MOTION MUST
BE PARALLEL.
3. WORK MAY EITHER BE
NEGATIVE ,ZERO, OR POSITIVE.
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4.THE UNIT OF WORK IS NEWTON-
METER ( N. m ) ALSO KNOWN AS
JOULE (J) NAMED AFTER THE
HONOR OF THE BRITISTH , JAMES
PRECSOTT JOULE.
1N.m=1J
5. WHEN CGS(centimeter-gram-second)
UNITS ARE USED, THE UNIT OF
WORK IS ERG. THE UNIT OF WORK
IS erg.
1dyne.cm=1erg
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WORK IS MEASURE ON HOW A
FORCE IS CAPABLE OF MOVING AN
OBJECT , OR IN CAUSING AN
DISPLACEMENT.
EX. ASSUME THAT YOU ARE
LEARNING AGAINST A WALL . THE
WALL EXERTS A FORCE ON YOU TO
SUPPORT YOU AND KEEP YOU
FROM FALLING BACKWARD. THE
FORCE IS NOT CAUSING YOU TO
MOVE;IT DOESN’T DISPLACE YOU.
THIS FORCE DOES NO WORK.
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 SUPPOSE THERE IS A 10 kg BOX, WHICH ISINITIALLY AT REST ON THE FLOOR.
NOW YOU START DRAGGING IT WITH AN APPLIED FORCE 100 N DIRECTED TO
THERIGHT ALONG THE HORIZONTAL . THERE IS A FRICTIONAL FORCE OF 25N ON
THE BOX. THE BOX MOVES 2m. THERE ARE FOUR GIVE N FORCES ON THE
BOX.EACH OF THE FORCES MAY OR MAY NOT DO WORK.

f=25 N F=100 N

d=2m

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 TO CALCULATE
1. THE APPLIED FORCE F IS PARALLEL TO THE DISPLACEMENT d. THIS GIVES A
WORK EQUAL TO:
W=Fd=100N(2m)=200N.m=200 J

f=25 N F=100 N

d=2m

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 2. THE FRICTIONAL FORCE (F) IS PARALLEL TO d BUT IS IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION AND SO WE WILL USE A NEGATIVE VALUE FOR F.(FRICTIONAL
FORCE) THE WORK DONE IS THE PRODUCT OF THE FRICTIONAL FORCE AND THE
DISPLACEMENT.
W=Fd=(-25N)(2m)=-50 J

f=25 N F=100 N

d=2m

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3. THE WEIGHT OF THE BOX IS THE PRODUCT OF ITS MASS AND THE
ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY.
W=mg=(10Kg)(9.8m/)=98N

f=25 N F=100 N

d=2m

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 THE WORK DONE BY THE WEIGHT IS THE PRODUCT OF THE WEIGHT AND THE
DISPLACEMENT THAT IS PARALLEL TO IT.BUT LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM ,WEIGHT
AND DISTANCE ARE PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER . THERE IS NO
DISPLACEMENT PARALLEL TO THE WEIGHT OF THE BOX . THEREFORE , THE
WORK DONE BY THIS IS ZERO.

f=25 N F=100 N

d=2m

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4. THE NORMAL FORCE IS ALSO PERPENDICULAR TO THE WEIGHT . THIS FORCE
ALSO DOES NOT DO ANY WORK ON THE BOX.

f=25 N F=100 N

d=2m

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EXAMPLE;
1. TWO PEOPLE WHOSE COMBINED WEIGHT IS
1600 N ARE BEING LIPTED BY A HELICOPTER.
THE TENSION ON THE ROPE IS 1763 N. WHAT
WORK IS DONE BY THE WEIGHT AND BY THE
TENSION ON THE PEOPLE AFTER THEY LIFTED
A DISTANCE OF 20m?

SOLUTION;
THE WORK DONE BY THE TENSION IS THE
PRODUCT OF THE TENSION AND THE
DISPLACEMENT PARALLEL TO IT WHICH IS 20m.
W=Td=(1763N)(20m)=35260J

THE WORK DONE BY THE WEIGHT IS:

W=wd=(-1600N)(20m)=32000J

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 IDENTIFY IF THERE IS WORK WAS DONE OR NO
WAS WORK DONE

WORK WAS WORK WAS NO WORK

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WAS DONE

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