THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES

PH 110 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS

TUTORIAL SHEET 5_2022: WORK, POWER AND ENERGY

1. A force F  (6i  2 j  5k ) N acts on a particle that undergoes displacement s  (3i  j  4k ) m . Find

2. A 15-kg block is dragged over a rough, horizontal surface by a constant force of 70 N acting at an
angle of 20˚ above the horizontal. The block is displaced 5 m, and the coefficient of kinetic friction
is 0.3. Find the work done by (a) the 70-N force, (b) the force of friction, (c) the normal force, and
(d) the force of gravity. (e) What is the net work done on the block?

3. A 2 kg block starts to slide up a 20º incline with an initial speed of 200cm/s. It stops after sliding 37
cm and slides back down. Assuming the friction force impeding its motion to be constant, (a) how
large is the friction force, and (b) what is the block’s speed as it reaches the bottom?

4. A roller coaster car of mass 400 kg starts from rest at point A and passes the point B with a speed of
3 m/s. If the distance from A to B along the tracks is 20 m, how long is the average friction force
retarding the motion of the car.

5. An elevator cab of mass 500 kg is descending with a speed of 4 m/s when its supporting cable
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begins to slip, allowing it to fall with a constant acceleration a = . Where g, is the acceleration due
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to gravity.
(a) During the fall through a distance d of 10 m, what is the work Wg done on the cab by the
gravitational force Fg .
(b) During the 10 m fall, what is the work WT done on the cab by the upward tension T due to the
elevator’s cable?
(c) What is the net work Wnet done on the cab during the fall?
(d) What is the cab’s kinetic energy at the end of the 10m fall?

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6. A bullet weighing 50 grams is fired with a velocity 400 m/s. It passes through a window pane 2 mm
thick and its velocity is reduced to 200 m/s. Using work-energy theorem, calculate the force applied
on the bullet by the window pane.

7. An engine pumps 2 tons of water in one minute to an average height of 10 m. Calculate the power of
the engine if 30% of the energy is wasted in the process.

8. A 750 kg car has a maximum power of 30 kw and moves against a resistance to motion of 800 N.
Find the maximum speed of the car:
i. on the level road.
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ii. up an incline of arcsin to the horizontal.
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iii. down the same incline.

9. A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of volume 30cm 3 in 30
minutes If the tank is 40m above ground and efficiency of the pump is 40%. How much electric
power is consumed by the pump?

10. A train of mass 200 tons moves with constant speed of 72km/h up an inclined hill when the engine
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is working at 800kw. Find the resistance to the motion of the motion of the train. (Use sinθ = )
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11. A sled of mass m is given a kick on a frozen pond, giving it an initial speed v0  2 m / s. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and ice is 0.1. Use the work-energy theorem to find
the distance the sled moves before coming to rest.

12. A 1500-kg car accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 10 m/s in 3 s. Find (a) the work done
on the car in this time, (b) the average power delivered by the engine in the first 3 s, and (c) the
instantaneous power delivered by the engine at t  2 s .
13. Three masses are connected as shown in the figure below over a frictionless pulley and the system
is released from rest. After the object with mass m has risen a height of 81 cm, the object of mass
0.5m falls off from the system. What would be the speed of the mass m as it returns to its original
position? Ignore air resistence.

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 14. Two bodies are connected by a string that passes over a pulley, as shown in the below. The
lighter body is resting on the floor and the other is held in place a distance of 5.0 m from the
floor. The heavier body is then released. Calculate the speeds of the two bodies as the heavy
mass is about to hit the floor.

15. A bead slides without friction around a loop-the-hoop. The bead is released from a height h =
3.50R. (a) what is its speed at point A?(b) How large is the normal force on it if its mass is 5.00 g.