Tutorial 5

1. An object of mass 5 kg is pushed along a smooth horizontal surface with a force of 40

N.
a) If the object has moved 5.0 m, calculated the work done by the force.
b) Find the velocity of the object after it has moved 5.0 m and the kinetic energy
if it starts from rest.
2. A block of mass 10 kg is pulled up a plane inclined at 30o with the horizontal for a
distance of 5.0 m by a force of 120 N which acts along the plane. If the coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.4, calculate
a) Work done by the gravitational force.
b) The energy lost to overcome the friction.
c) The work done by the force of 120 N.
d) The total kinetic energy of the block.
e) The velocity of the block after it has moved 5.0 m up the plane.
[49.05 J, 170 J, 600 J, 381 J, 8.73 ms-1]
3. If a spring is stretch from 12 cm to 14 cm, find the amount of energy stored in the
spring, if the spring constant is 200 N m-1.
[4 x 10-2 J]
4. If a small stone of mass 5 g placed at the end of the spring in (3) is released vertically
upward, find the initial velocity of the stone and its maximum height.
[4 ms-1, 0.815 m]
5. A person pulls a 50 kg crate 40 m along a horizontal floor by a constant FP = 100 N,
which acts at a 37o from the horizontal. The floor is rough and exerts a friction force
Ffr = 50 N. determine
a) The work done by each force acting on the crate.
b) The net work done on the crate.
[Wg = 0, Wn = 0, WP = 3200 J, Wfr = -2000 J, Wnet = 1200 J]
6. A 145 g baseball is thrown so that it acquires a speed of 25 m/s.
a) What is its kinetic energy?
b) What was the net work done on the ball to make it reach this speed, if it started
from rest?
[45 J, 45 J]
7. How much net work is required to accelerate a 1000 kg car from 20 m/s to 30 m/s?
[2.5 x 105 J]

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8. If the original height of the rock is 3.0 m above the ground, determine the rocks
speed when it has fallen to 1.0 m above the ground.
[6.3 m/s]

9. In the figure shown below, an object of mass 20 kg is moving downward along AB

with 10 m/s. determine
a) The velocity at B.
b) The velocity at C.

[14.14 m/s, 11.83 m/s]