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Work, Energy and Power

The document discusses work, energy, and power through examples of physics problems involving kinetic energy and speed. It provides the questions, descriptions, and answers to 8 problems calculating original speeds, forces, work, and kinetic energy for objects or people moving at various velocities and masses. The problems involve a father and son racing, the work done by a worker, determining speeds and distances using kinetic energy and work equations.

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Work, Energy and Power

The document discusses work, energy, and power through examples of physics problems involving kinetic energy and speed. It provides the questions, descriptions, and answers to 8 problems calculating original speeds, forces, work, and kinetic energy for objects or people moving at various velocities and masses. The problems involve a father and son racing, the work done by a worker, determining speeds and distances using kinetic energy and work equations.

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Nico Urieta De Ade
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Work, Energy and Power

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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

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