Problem 3a
A factory worker pushes a -kg crate a distance of m along a level floor at constant velocity by pushing horizontally on it. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the floor is . What magnitude of force must the worker apply?
Problem 3b
A factory worker pushes a -kg crate a distance of m along a level floor at constant velocity by pushing horizontally on it. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the floor is . How much work is done on the crate by this force?
Problem 3c
A factory worker pushes a -kg crate a distance of m along a level floor at constant velocity by pushing horizontally on it. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the floor is . How much work is done on the crate by friction?
Problem 3d
A factory worker pushes a -kg crate a distance of m along a level floor at constant velocity by pushing horizontally on it. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the floor is . How much work is done on the crate by the normal force? By gravity?
Problem 3e
A factory worker pushes a -kg crate a distance of m along a level floor at constant velocity by pushing horizontally on it. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the floor is . What is the total work done on the crate?
Problem 6
Two tugboats pull a disabled supertanker. Each tug exerts a constant force of N, one west of north and the other east of north, as they pull the tanker km toward the north. What is the total work they do on the supertanker?
Problem 16a
A -kg book is sliding along a rough horizontal surface. At point it is moving at m/s, and at point it has slowed to m/s. How much work was done on the book between and ?
Problem 18c
Is it reasonable that a -kg child could run fast enough to have J of kinetic energy?
Problem 24a
You throw a -N rock vertically into the air from ground level. You observe that when it is m above the ground, it is traveling at m/s upward. Use the work–energy theorem to find the rock's speed just as it left the ground.
Problem 24b
You throw a -N rock vertically into the air from ground level. You observe that when it is m above the ground, it is traveling at m/s upward. Use the work–energy theorem to find its maximum height.
Problem 33a
A surgeon is using material from a donated heart to repair a patient's damaged aorta and needs to know the elastic characteristics of this aortal material. Tests performed on a -cm strip of the donated aorta reveal that it stretches cm when a -N pull is exerted on it. What is the force constant of this strip of aortal material?
Problem 33b
A surgeon is using material from a donated heart to repair a patient's damaged aorta and needs to know the elastic characteristics of this aortal material. Tests performed on a -cm strip of the donated aorta reveal that it stretches cm when a -N pull is exerted on it. If the maximum distance it will be able to stretch when it replaces the aorta in the damaged heart is cm, what is the greatest force it will be able to exert there?
Problem 39
A -kg box moving at m/s on a horizontal, frictionless surface runs into a light spring of force constant N/cm. Use the work–energy theorem to find the maximum compression of the spring.
Problem 54
A -kg rock is sliding on a rough, horizontal surface at m/s and eventually stops due to friction. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the rock and the surface is . What average power is produced by friction as the rock stops?
Ch 06: Work & Kinetic Energy