7.3 Work-energy theorem  (Page 5/7)

A 5.0-kg box has an acceleration of $2.0{\text{m/s}}^2$ when it is pulled by a horizontal force across a surface with ${\mu }_K=0.50.$ Find the work done over a distance of 10 cm by (a) the horizontal force, (b) the frictional force, and (c) the net force. (d) What is the change in kinetic energy of the box?

A constant 10-N horizontal force is applied to a 20-kg cart at rest on a level floor. If friction is negligible, what is the speed of the cart when it has been pushed 8.0 m?

In the preceding problem, the 10-N force is applied at an angle of $45\text{°}$ below the horizontal. What is the speed of the cart when it has been pushed 8.0 m?

Compare the work required to stop a 100-kg crate sliding at 1.0 m/s and an 8.0-g bullet traveling at 500 m/s.

A wagon with its passenger sits at the top of a hill. The wagon is given a slight push and rolls 100 m down a $10\text{°}$ incline to the bottom of the hill. What is the wagon’s speed when it reaches the end of the incline. Assume that the retarding force of friction is negligible.

An 8.0-g bullet with a speed of 800 m/s is shot into a wooden block and penetrates 20 cm before stopping. What is the average force of the wood on the bullet? Assume the block does not move.

A 2.0-kg block starts with a speed of 10 m/s at the bottom of a plane inclined at $37\text{°}$ to the horizontal. The coefficient of sliding friction between the block and plane is ${\mu }_k=0.30.$ (a) Use the work-energy principle to determine how far the block slides along the plane before momentarily coming to rest. (b) After stopping, the block slides back down the plane. What is its speed when it reaches the bottom? ( Hint: For the round trip, only the force of friction does work on the block.)

When a 3.0-kg block is pushed against a massless spring of force constant constant $4.5\times {10}^3\text{N/m,}$ the spring is compressed 8.0 cm. The block is released, and it slides 2.0 m (from the point at which it is released) across a horizontal surface before friction stops it. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the surface?

A small block of mass 200 g starts at rest at A, slides to B where its speed is $v_B=8.0\text{m/s,}$ then slides along the horizontal surface a distance 10 m before coming to rest at C. (See below.) (a) What is the work of friction along the curved surface? (b) What is the coefficient of kinetic friction along the horizontal surface?

A small object is placed at the top of an incline that is essentially frictionless. The object slides down the incline onto a rough horizontal surface, where it stops in 5.0 s after traveling 60 m. (a) What is the speed of the object at the bottom of the incline and its acceleration along the horizontal surface? (b) What is the height of the incline?

When released, a 100-g block slides down the path shown below, reaching the bottom with a speed of 4.0 m/s. How much work does the force of friction do?

A 0.22LR-caliber bullet like that mentioned in [link] is fired into a door made of a single thickness of 1-inch pine boards. How fast would the bullet be traveling after it penetrated through the door?

A sled starts from rest at the top of a snow-covered incline that makes a $22\text{°}$ angle with the horizontal. After sliding 75 m down the slope, its speed is 14 m/s. Use the work-energy theorem to calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the runners of the sled and the snowy surface.