WORK and

POWER
HONEYLEN MAE B. CASABUENA
Instructor
WORK

-is the product of the magnitude of the displacement and

the component of the force parallel to the displacement

W= F d
UNIT FOR WORK
 Nm = Joule (J)
When do you think the real work
done?

(a) Weightlifter is getting ready (b) The barbell is on its

to lift the barbell way up

w= 0 +w
When do you think the real work
done?

(c) Weightlifterpauses, holding

the barbell in the air. (d) The barbell goes down

w= 0 -w
ANALYSIS OF WORK DONE IN
PHYSICS
NO WORK IS DONE WORK IS DONE
Pushing on a wall (no Pushing a book across the
displacement) table
Carrying a book while Carrying a book upstairs
walking on the same floor
(no work is done on the
book)

NOTE: If the angle between F and d is 0, the

equation of work becomes
 Case 1: When

 In this case, the force and displacement are parallel to each other.

Case 2: When

This is the case when the force and the displacement

are perpendicular to each other.
 Case 3: When

 In this case, the force and displacement are opposite or anti-parallel to each
other.

When you pull a box to the right and its displacement is also to
the right, the work done by friction is negative.
SAMPLE PROBLEM 1

A 250-N box was dragged along a

level floor by 250-N force at an angle
of 50 degrees above the horizontal.
The box move 10.0 m at a constant
velocity. Calculate the work done by
the forces that acted on the box.
SAMPLE PROBLEM 2

A man pulls a 100N box using a rope

oriented at an angle of 30 degrees with
the horizontal force on a rough floor that
exerts 8N frictional force on the box.
Suppose the box has moved a distance of
10 m to the right. Find the work done by
each force acting on box. What is the net
work done on the box?
 SAMPLE PROBLEM 3

Renzy is pulling on a rope to drag her backpack to school

across the ice. She pulls upwards and rightwards with a force
of 22.9 Newtons at an angle of 35 degrees above the horizontal
to drag her backpack a horizontal distance of 129 meters to the
right. Determine the work (in Joules) done on the backpack.
POWER

-is the rate of doing work.

-or the amount of work done per unit
time.
POWER

UNIT FOR POWER

 J/s = watt 1 hp= 550 ft lb/s
 Ft (lb/s) 1kw= 438 ft lb/s
FORMULA FOR POWER

, If F is at angle (0)
from the direction of
motion
, If F is with the
direction of motion
 SAMPLE PROBLEM 1

April can exert an average force of 250.0 N on the

upward phase of each bench press, each time pushing
the barbell a distance of 0.40 m. Furthermore, during
her first set, each upward press takes 0.50 s, but on
her second set, it takes her 0.75 s.
Calculate the average power expended by April
on each bench press for her 1st and 2nd sets.
SAMPLE PROBLEM 2

A building in Makati stands at 262 m.

A 60.0 kg marathon runner runs up
the stairs to the top of this building in
10.0 min. What is his average power
output in units of watts, kilowatts and
horsepower?