FACULTY OF SCIENCE AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING
Department of Physics
Lecture: WX Mtshali
Module Code: 4PHY171 (General Physics A)
Chapter 7 Tutorials: work and kinetic energy
•1 A proton (mass m = 1.67 X 10-27 kg) is being accelerated along a straight line at
3.6 X 1015 m/s2 in a machine. If the proton has an initial speed of 2.4 X 107 m/s and
travels 3.5 cm, what then is (a) its speed and (b) the increase in its kinetic energy?
••11 A 12.0 N force with a fixed orientation does work on a particle as the particle
moves through the three-dimensional displacement :d = (2.00iˆ - 4.00jˆ + 3.00kˆ ) m.
What is the angle between the force and the displacement if the change in the
particle’s kinetic energy is (a) +30.0 J and (b) -30.0 J?
••5 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?
••12 A can of bolts and nuts is pushed 2.00 m along an x axis by a broom along the
greasy (frictionless) floor of a car repair shop in a version of shuffleboard. Figure 7-
26 gives the work W done on the can by the constant horizontal force from the
broom, versus the can’s position x. The scale of the figure’s vertical axis is set by
Ws=6.0 J. (a)What is the magnitude of that force? (b) If the can had an initial kinetic
energy of 3.00 J, moving in the positive direction of the x axis, what is its kinetic
energy at the end of the 2.00 m?
••15 Figure 7-28 shows three forces applied to a trunk that moves leftward by 3.00 m
over a frictionless floor. The force magnitudes are F1 = 5.00 N, F2 = 9.00 N, and F3
=3.00 N, and the indicated angle is Ө = 60.0°. During the displacement, (a) what is
the net work done on the trunk by the three forces and (b) does the kinetic energy of
the trunk increase or decrease?
17 A helicopter lifts a 72 kg astronaut 15 m vertically from the ocean by means of a
cable. The acceleration of the astronaut is g/10. How much work is done on the
astronaut by (a) the force from the helicopter and (b) the gravitational force on her?
Just before she reaches the helicopter, what are her (c) kinetic energy and (d)
speed?
••19 In Fig. 7-30, a block of ice slides down a frictionless ramp at angle 50 while an
ice worker pulls on the block (via a rope) with a force that has a magnitude of 50 N
and is directed up the ramp. As the block slides through distance d 0.50 m along the
ramp, its kinetic energy increases by 80 J. How much greater would its kinetic
energy have been if the rope had not been attached to the block?
•26 In Fig. 7-10, we must apply a force of magnitude 80 N to hold the block
stationary at x = -2.0 cm. From that position, we then slowly move the block so that
our force does +4.0 J of work on the spring– block system; the block is then again
stationary. What is the block’s position? (Hint: There are two answers.)
•27 A spring and block are in the arrangement of Fig. 7-10. When the block is pulled
out to x = +4.0 cm, we must apply a force of magnitude 360 N to hold it there. We
pull the block to x = 11 cm and then release it. How much work does the spring do
on the block as the block moves from xi = +5.0 cm to (a) x = +3.0 cm, (b) x = -3.0
cm,
(c) x = -5.0 cm, and (d) x = -9.0 cm?
••41 A single force acts on a 3.0 kg particle-like object whose position is given by x
= 3.0t - 4.0t2 + 1.0t3, with x in meters and t in seconds. Find the work done by the
force from t = 0 to t = 4.0 s.
•43 A force of 5.0 N acts on a 15 kg body initially at rest. Compute the work done by
the force in (a) the first, (b) the second, and (c) the third seconds and (d) the
instantaneous power due to the force at the end of the third second.
•46 The loaded cab of an elevator has a mass of 3.0 X 10 3 kg and moves 210 m up
the shaft in 23 s at constant speed. At what average rate does the force from the
cable do work on the cab?