Exam 5: Kinetic Energy, work, and Power

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A spring with spring constant k is suspended from the ceiling.When a mass of M kg is attached to the spring,it stretches d1 m.The mass is then pulled down an additional d2 m and let go.Which one of the following statements about the resulting motion is true? A spring with spring constant k is suspended from the ceiling.When a mass of M kg is attached to the spring,it stretches d<sub>1</sub> m.The mass is then pulled down an additional d<sub>2</sub> m and let go.Which one of the following statements about the resulting motion is true?

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A rope that makes an angle of 28 degrees with respect to the vertical is used to pull a sled.The sled has a mass of 35 kg and the tension in the rope is 17 N.How much work is done by the force of the rope if the sled moves a horizontal distance of 5.6 m?

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A horizontal spring having constant k = 50.0 N/m is attached to a block having mass 0.50 kg.The mass is oscillating freely on a frictionless table with amplitude 15.0 cm.As the mass travels from equilibrium to half the position of maximum stretch,how much work is done by the spring on the mass?

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A spring attached to the ceiling is stretched 100 mm when a mass of 2 kg is hung on its end.How much work must be done to compress the spring by 6 cm?

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A 65-kg skydiver moving at terminal speed falls 40 m in 1 second.The power the skydiver is expending on the air is

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A construction worker with a mass of 89 kg is able to jump from a height of 1.5 m and land safely by squatting down at a uniform rate as he lands.He squats down over a distance of 0.69 m.The force (in N)exerted by his legs during the squatting process is

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A 0.5-kg ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 10 m/s.What is the change in the ball's kinetic energy between the starting point and the highest point in the trajectory?

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A variable force of the form F=3x2 + 2x + 5 N acts on a 2 kg object as it moves from x = 2 m to x = 3 m.How much work is done by this force?

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A 3.0-kg crate rests at the bottom of a plane inclined at an angle of 15.0 ∘\circ above the horizontal.The crate is given a push up the plane and when it has travelled a distance of 2.0 m up the plane its speed is 3.0 m/s.How much work is done on the crate by gravity?

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A mass attached to a horizontal spring,and resting on a frictionless surface is free to oscillate back and forth.Suppose the spring is stretched a distance 2d from equilibrium,and released.As the mass passes through the origin,how does its speed compare to the same mass and spring if stretched initially only a distance d from equilibrium?

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An object slides without friction up an incline and gains a height h = 71.0 m.The incline makes an angle of 35.0 ∘\circ with respect to the horizontal.If the object started with a speed of 45.0 m/s,what will be its final speed in m/s?

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An object slides without friction down an incline and loses a height h = 51.0 m.The incline makes an angle of 35.0 ∘\circ with respect to the horizontal.If the object's final speed was 45.0 m/s,what was its initial speed in m/s?

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A car of mass 1250 kg,can reach the 60 mph (=26.8 m/s)mark in 5.25 seconds.What is the average power needed to accomplish this?

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A spring has a spring constant of 25 N/m,and a mass of 0.75 kg is suspended from it.If the mass is pulled down 0.13 m away from its equilibrium position,what is the work done against the spring?

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A force has the dependence Fx = -ax4 on the position x,with the constant a = 25.0 N/m4.The work performed by this force when the position of its point of application changes from 0.75 m to 1.25 m is

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Two cars are moving.The first car has twice the mass of the second car,but only half as much kinetic energy.Then,both cars increase their speed by 8.00 m/s.They then have the same kinetic energy.The original speeds of the two cars are,respectively,

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An object slides without friction down an incline and loses height h = 131 m.The incline makes an angle of 35.0 ∘\circ with respect to the horizontal.If the object started with a speed of 45.0 m/s,what will be its final speed in m/s?

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A car with a mass of 1000 kg is traveling at 20 m/s.How fast does a person on a bicycle with a total mass of 100 kg have to travel such that they have the same kinetic energy as the car?

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A woman of mass 50 kg runs up a flight of stairs.If each step is 20 cm high and her power is 180 W,how many stairs can she climb in 30 seconds?

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A 30.0 kg ball is released from rest and is acted upon by a net force of -1.40 1016 r -2 (the force pulls the ball towards r = 0).The ball starts from rest at an initial position of ri = 6.39 106 m and moves under the influence of the force to a final position of rf= 6.38 106.What is the kinetic energy of the ball when it reaches its final position,rf?

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