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Section 3 - Movement means Energy
Work
In this section you can use the equation:
work done = force x distance
also written as
Ew = Fd
where
1.
Ew = work done in joules (J)
F = force in newtons (N)
d = distance in metres (m).
Find the missing values in the following table.
Force (N)
Distance (m)
(a)
150
25
(b)
6·5 x 103
320
Work Done (J)
(c)
52
6 500
(d)
72·7 x 10-3
2
(e)
2
542
(f)
90
1·45 x 106
2.
A gardener pushes a wheelbarrow with a force of 250 N over a distance of 20 m.
Calculate how much work he does.
3.
Fiona pushes a pram with a force of 150 N. If she does 30 000 J of work calculate
how far she pushes the pram.
4.
Joseph pulls his sledge to the top of a hill. He does 1 500 joules of work and pulls the
sledge a distance of 50 metres. With what force does he pull the sledge?
5.
A horse pulls a cart 3 km along a road. The horse does 400 kJ of work. What force
does the horse exert on the cart?
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6.
7.
A car tows a caravan with a constant force of 2·5 kN over part of its journey. If the car
does 8·5 x 106 J of work calculate how far it pulls the caravan.
During a race a motorcycle engine produced a steady forward force of 130 N.
Calculate the work done by the engine if the motorcycle covered a distance of 50 km.
8.
A motor boat tows a yacht out of a harbour. If the motor boat exerted a force of
110 kN and did 200 MJ of work calculate how far it towed the yacht.
9.
A locomotive exerts a force of 15 kN on a train of carriages. The locomotive pulls the
train over a distance of 5 x 103 m. Calculate the work done by the locomotive.
10. On an expedition to the North Pole, Husky dogs were used to pull the sledges carrying
supplies for the journey. One team of dogs did 650 MJ of work during the 1 500 km
journey.
(a) Calculate the average force that the team of dogs exerted on the sledge.
(b) There are 8 dogs in a team. Calculate the average force exerted by each dog
during the journey.
11. How far can a milk float travel if the electric engine can produce a steady force of
2 kN and can do 9 500 kJ of work before the battery needs recharged?
12. Peter and John work at a supermarket. They are responsible for collecting trolleys
from the trolley parks in the car park and returning them to the store.
(a) Peter collects trolleys from the furthest trolley park. He has to pull them 150 m
back to the store and collects 10 trolleys at a time. If Peter pulls the 10 trolleys
together with an average force of 350 N calculate how much work he does in one
journey.
(b) John does not have so far to walk so he collects 20 trolleys at a time. He pulls his
trolleys with an average force of 525 N and covers 100 m each journey. Calculate
how much work he does in one trip.
(c) Each boy has to return 80 trolleys to the store before finishing their shift.
(i) Calculate how many journeys each boy has to make.
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(ii) Show by calculation who does the most work.
Helpful Hint
Special case
When work is done lifting an object the force required is equal to the weight of the
object .
13. A painter is painting the ceiling of a room. She fills her tray with paint and lifts it up
the ladder. The weight of the full paint tray is 30 newtons and she lifts it a distance of
2 metres up the ladder. Calculate the amount of work she does.
14. Marco climbs a rope in the school gym during his P.E. lesson. He weighs 600 N and
climbs 8 m up the rope. Calculate how much work he does.
15. A chair lift carries two skiers and their equipment to the top of a ski run which is at a
height of 300 m. The chair lift weighs 500 N and the skiers with their equipment
weigh 1 800 N. Calculate the work done by the chair lift motor in lifting the skiers to
the top of the ski run.
16. A crane lifts a concrete block through a height of 40 m. The crane does 650 kJ of
work.
Calculate:
(a) the weight of the concrete block
(b) the mass of the concrete block.
17. A librarian is placing books on to the fiction shelf which is 2 metres from the ground.
He does 80 joules of work lifting the books from the floor to the shelf.
(a) Calculate the weight of the books.
(b) What is the mass of the books?
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(c) If each book has an average mass of 400 g calculate how many books the
librarian places on the shelf.
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18. A search and rescue helicopter is called to a ship in the North Sea to airlift an injured
sailor to hospital. The helicopter lifts the sailor 150 m at a constant speed of 4 m/s .
The sailor has a mass of 75 kg. Calculate:
(a) the weight of the sailor
(b) the work done by the helicopter during this lifting operation.
19. Brian is learning to rock climb. After two weeks of practice he can climb 10 m up the
practice wall without help. Brian has a mass of 82 kg.
(a) Calculate Brian’s weight.
(b) Calculate the amount of work Brian does climbing the wall.
20. In a supermarket shop assistants are asked to stack the shelves with tins of beans.
Each tin of beans has a mass of 450 g. Jane lifts 150 cans of beans from the box on the
floor to the middle shelf. The shelf is 140 cm from the floor.
(a) Calculate the weight of 150 cans of beans.
(b) Calculate how much work Jane does.
(c) Martin has been asked to stack the top shelf. The top shelf is 200 cm from the
floor. He lifts 150 cans of beans from the box on the floor onto the shelf.
Calculate how much more work he does than Jane.
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Potential Energy
In this section you can use the equation:
potential energy = mass x gravitational field strength x height
also written as
Ep = mgh
where
Ep
m
g
h
1.
2.
=
=
=
=
potential energy in Joules (J)
mass in kilograms (kg)
gravitational field strength in newtons per kilogram (N/kg)
height in metres (m).
Find the missing values in the following table.
Mass (kg)
Gravitational Field
Strength (N/kg)
Height (m)
Potential Energy (J)
(a)
25
10
15
(b)
30
10
45
(c)
35
10
450
(d)
2
10
70
(e)
10
5
120
(f)
10
57
6000
Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained when:
(a) a crate of mass 20 kg is lifted up 12 m
(b) an injured climber of mass 75 kg is raised through a height of 200 m
(c) a pile of bricks of mass 15 kg is hoisted up 25 m.
3.
Calculate the mass of a loaded crate which:
(a) gains 200 J of gravitational potential energy when lifted up 15 m
(b) loses 2 000 J of gravitational potential energy when dropped 26 m
(c) loses 1 500 J of gravitational potential energy when dropped 8 m.
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4.
Calculate the height reached by a 60 kg window cleaner on:
(a) level 1, if he gains 600 J of gravitational potential energy climbing up
(b) level 2, if he gains 1 200 J of gravitational potential energy climbing up
(c) level 3, if he gains 1 800 J of gravitational potential energy climbing up
(d) level 4, if he gains 2 400 J of gravitational potential energy climbing up.
5.
A pot holer of weight 70 kg climbs 60 m. How much potential energy does he gain?
6.
A car containing 4 passengers has a total mass of 1 200 kg. How much potential
energy does it lose if it accelerates down a 40 m high slope?
7. Calculate the mass of a skier if he loses 78 000 J of
potential energy when skiing down a slope of 120 m.
8.
Calculate the potential energy gained by a ping pong ball lifted to a height of 2m if it
has a mass of 30 g.
9.
Water in the reservoir of a hydroelectric power station ‘holds’ 120 MJ of potential
energy. The mass of water is 120 tonnes (1 tonne = 1 000 kg). Calculate the height of
the stored water.
10. A mountain rescuer is trying to rescue a group of climbers stranded on a ledge 250 m
above ground level. The only way to reach the climbers is to climb down to them from
another ledge 440 m above ground level. If the mountain rescuer has a mass of 85 kg
calculate:
(a) the potential energy gained initially by climbing to the higher ledge
(b) the amount of potential energy he loses as he climbs to the lower ledge.
Helpful Hint
If a question gives you the weight of an object and asks you to calculate the potential
energy, you can use
Ep = (mg) x height
Ep = weight x height ( Since weight = mg)
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11. Calculate the potential energy lost by a person of weight 500 N who jumps from a
wall 2 m high.
12. Calculate the potential energy lost by a lift which descends through 50 metres. The
total weight of lift plus passengers is 10 800 N.
13. During a sponsored ‘stretcher lift’ to raise money for charity a group of students lift a
stretcher plus patient 120 metres up a hill. If the total weight of the patient and the
stretcher is 1 000 N, calculate the amount of potential energy they gain.
14. Calculate the maximum height of a fun ride in which the passengers lose 8 500 J of
energy as their carriage drops through the maximum height. The passengers and the
carriage have a combined weight of 400 N
15. Calculate the weight of a pile of bricks if they gain 2 000 J of energy as they are lifted
up 20 metres.
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Power
In this section you can use the equation:
power = energy transferred
time taken
also written as
P = E
t
Where P
E
t
= power in watts (W)
= energy transferred in joules (J)
= time taken in seconds (s).
Helpful Hint
Remember energy transferred can be work done or any other form of energy.
1.
Find the missing values in the following table.
Power (W)
Energy (J)
Time (s)
(a)
36 500
15
(b)
7 320
125
(c)
65
10
(d)
1·2 x 104
0·3
(e)
100
6 x 103
(f)
2·5 x 104
540
2.
A firework rocket gains 135 joules of energy in 4 seconds. Calculate the power of the
rocket motor.
3.
How long would it take a 500 W engine to do 6 500 J of work?
4.
If a toy motor boat gains 350 J of energy in 30 seconds calculate the power of its
electric motor.
5.
How long would it take for a 40 W model railway engine to convert 2 800 J of
energy?
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6.
How much energy can a 20 W engine produce in 45 seconds?
7.
At Aviemore, chair lifts are used to carry skiers and their equipment up to the top of
the ski runs. The motor driving one of the chair lifts has a power output of 35 kW.
How long would it take this chair lift to do 1·7 x 104 J of work?
8.
A Ferrari is a more powerful car than a Fiat. The Ferrari has a power of 100 kW and
the Fiat has a power of 45 kW. Calculate how much energy each car engine could
transfer in 8 minutes.
9.
An outboard motor on a boat does 32 MJ of work in 2 hours. Calculate the power of
the motor.
10. Before the invention of steam engines people used water mills and windmills to
supply power for industry. The biggest mills generated only about 7 kW. Calculate
how much work one of these mills could do in 8 hours.
11. When cars were first invented people measured power in bhp ( brake horse power )
rather than in watts.
1 bhp = 0·746 kW
1 bhp = 746 W
A Porsche 959 has a 2 850 cc engine which provides 450 bhp.
(a) Calculate the power of a Porsche in watts.
(b) How much work could the engine of the Porsche do in 3 hours 30 minutes?
12. Jet engines allow aeroplanes to travel at very high speeds because they are very
powerful.
The engine of this jet aircraft has a power of 2.5 MW.
(a) Calculate how long it would take this engine to do 7·9 x108 J of work.
(b) If the engine provided a forward force of 74 kN during this time calculate how
far the plane travelled.
(c) Calculate the power of this engine in bhp.
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13. During the Tour de France cycle race one of the competitors
maintains a steady speed of 14 m/s over a 5 km stretch of the
route. The cyclist produces a steady power of 2 kW over this part
of the race course which he covers in 6 minutes.
(a) Calculate how much work the cyclist does during these 6 minutes.
(b) Calculate the average forward force that the cyclist provides over the 5 km.
14.
At a horse show there are many different competitions
such as show jumping and dressage. Often there are
horse and carriage races.
During such a race one horse pulled its carriage with an average force of 130 N over
the 1 km race course.
(a) Calculate the work done by the horse during the race.
(b) The horse took 3 minutes to complete the course. Calculate the power of this
animal.
15. A helicopter rises vertically from the ground to a height of 400 m in 2 minutes. The
helicopter engine has a power of 155 kW.
(a) Calculate the work done by the helicopter engine and therefore the potential
energy gained by the helicopter in these 2 minutes.
(b) Calculate the mass of the helicopter
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Kinetic Energy
In this section you can use the equation:
kinetic energy =
1 x mass x velocity2
2
also written as
where
1.
Ek = 1 mv2
2
Ek = kinetic energy in joules (J)
m = mass in kilograms (kg)
v = speed in metres per second (m/s).
Find the missing values in the following table.
Mass (kg)
Velocity (m/s)
(a)
2·0
3·0
(b)
0·5
15·0
(c)
4·5
4·0
(d)
4·0
5·0
(e)
0·24
10·0
(f)
20·0
200·0
Kinetic energy (J)
2.
Calculate the kinetic energy of a car travelling at 15 m/s if the car has a mass of
1 200 kg.
3.
A ball, which has a mass of 0·5 kg, rolls down a hill. What is its kinetic energy at the
foot of the hill if its speed is 3 m/s?
4.
A mass of 2 kg falls from a table and has a speed of 4·4 m/s just before it hits the
ground. How much kinetic energy does it have at this point?
5.
A bus, travelling at a constant speed of 10 m/s, accelerated to a new speed of 24 m/s.
If the bus had a mass of 5 000 kg, calculate :
(a) the kinetic energy of the bus before it accelerated
(b) the kinetic energy of the bus at its new speed
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6.
A long distance runner has a mass of 70 kg. If he crosses the finishing line with a
speed of 5·4 m/s, how much kinetic energy does he have at the finishing line?
7.
The mass of an electron is 9·11 x 10-31 kg. What is the kinetic energy of an electron
which is travelling with a speed of 2 x 107 m/s?
8.
A 50 000 kg train is travelling at 72 km/h.
(a) What is its speed in m/s?
(b) How much kinetic energy does the train have?
9.
A tortoise is moving along the ground with a speed of 5 cm/s. If its mass is 3 kg, how
much kinetic energy does it have?
5 cm/s
10. The graph below shows how the speed of a space capsule decreased as the capsule reentered the Earth’s atmosphere.
If the space capsule had a mass of 4 500 kg, how much kinetic energy did it lose as it
re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere?
11. What is the speed of a ball which has 114 J of kinetic energy and a mass of 2·28 kg?
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12. Find the mass of an apple given that the apple is rolling
along a table at 0·8 m/s and has 0·04 J of kinetic energy.
13. Calculate the speed of a taxi which has a mass of 1500 kg and 363 kJ of kinetic
energy.
14.
A space capsule travelling at 5 km/s has 6 x 1010J
of kinetic energy.
(a) What is the speed of the capsule in m/s?
(b) What is the mass of the capsule?
15. A motor cycle and a 5 000 kg bus have equal amounts of kinetic energy . The motor
cycle is travelling at 35 m/s and has a mass, including rider, of 370 kg.
(a) How much kinetic energy does the motorcycle have?
(b) Calculate the speed of the bus.
16. A trolley rolls down a ramp which is 80 cm long. It passes through a light gate near
the bottom of the ramp and the timer records a time of 0·19 s for the trolley to cut the
light beam.
The mass of the trolley is 800 g and it has a length of 10 cm.
(a) What is the speed of the trolley as it passes through the light gate?
(b) How much kinetic energy does it have as it passes through the light gate?
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17. A hospital lift has a mass of 800 kg when empty. On one occasion the lift, carrying
passengers, rises with a speed of 1·5 m/s and has 1 215 J of kinetic energy.
How many people were in the lift on this occasion? (Assume that each person has a
mass of 70 kg)
18. A minibus of mass 2 800 kg was travelling with a speed of 10 m/s. It then accelerated
at a rate of 0·8 m/s2 for 10 seconds.
(a) What was the kinetic energy of the minibus while it was travelling at 10 m/s?
(b) What was the speed of the minibus after 10 seconds of acceleration?
(c) How much kinetic energy did the minibus gain during the acceleration period?
19. A helicopter has a mass of 8 000 kg and rises from the ground with a speed of 5 m/s.
In a later flight the helicopter carries an extra load of 800 kg. Find the new speed of
the rising helicopter, assuming that it maintains the kinetic energy it had when it had
no cargo.
20. A tennis ball has a mass of 50 g. During a game a player lobs the ball over the net
giving it a speed of 10 m/s as it leaves the racket. If the ball loses 0·475 J of kinetic
energy during its flight what is its speed on reaching the other player?
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Conservation of Energy
Helpful Hint
When an object falls all of its potential energy is converted to kinetic
energy. (assuming air resistance is negligible)
i.e.
Ep
Ek
We can use this principle of conservation of energy to solve many
problems.e.g. ball (mass m kg) falling through a height, h.
Ep = mgh
h
Finding the velocity
of the falling object.
Ep = Ek
= 1 mv2
2
Ek = 1 mv2
So, rearranging this:
2
v
=

Finding the height
through which an
object falls.
Ek = Ep
= mgh
So, rearranging this:
2Ep
m
h = Ek
mg
1.
3m
A 2 kg ball falls through 3 m to land on Earth.
(a) How much potential energy does it lose during its fall?
(b) How much kinetic energy does it gain during its fall, assuming that there is no air
resistance?
(c) Calculate the maximum speed of the ball as it hits the ground.
2.
A spanner falls from a desk which is 0·8 m high. If the spanner has a mass of 0.5 kg,
calculate :
(a) the potential energy lost by the spanner as it falls
(b) the kinetic energy gained by the spanner as it falls
(c) the speed of the spanner just as it hits the ground.
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3.
A pencil case has a mass of 200 g and is dropped from a height of 0·45 m.
(a) How much potential energy does the pencil case lose as it falls to the ground?
(b) What is the kinetic energy of the pencil case as it hits the ground?
(c) With what speed does the pencil case hit the ground?
4.
A trolley rolls towards a ramp with a speed of 2 m/s. The trolley has a mass of 0·3 kg.
h
2 m/s
(a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the trolley before it goes up the ramp.
(b) If there are no energy losses due to friction how much potential energy does the
trolley gain as it goes up the ramp?
(c) What height does the trolley reach on the ramp?
5.
A skateboarder, of mass 65 kg travels towards a hill with a speed of 5 m/s.
5 m/s
(a) What is the kinetic energy of the skateboarder as he travels towards the hill?
(b) If there are no energy losses due to friction, how much potential energy will the
skateboarder gain on the hill?
(c) What height will the skateboarder reach on the hill?
6.
An 8 kg boulder rolls down a hill as shown below.
8 kg
20 m
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(a) How much potential energy does the boulder lose as it rolls, assuming that no
energy is lost due to friction?
(b) Calculate the speed of the boulder at the bottom of the hill.
7.
A diver, who has a mass of 70 kg, dives from a cliff top into the sea. The cliff top is
11·25 m above the water surface. At what speed does the diver enter the water?
8.
A box is released from a helicopter which is hovering 10 m above the ground.
Calculate the speed of the box as it strikes the ground, assuming that frictional effects
are negligible.
9.
A twenty pence piece falls from the top of a skyscraper and lands, on the street below,
with a speed of 80 m/s. How tall is the skyscraper? (Assume that there is no air
resistance.)
10. A crate is released from a crane while it is hanging 20 cm above the ground.
With what speed does the crate land on the ground?
11. An advertising company produces a stunt where a girl on horseback jumps across a
gap between two buildings. The combined mass of horse and rider is 420 kg and they
are galloping with a speed of 28 m/s as they leave the first building.
The roof of the second building is 1 m below the roof of the first one.
(a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the horse and rider as they leave the first building.
(b) How much gravitational potential energy do the horse and rider lose during the
stunt?
(c) Assuming that there are no energy losses due to air resistance, what is the total
amount of kinetic energy of the horse and rider as they land on the second
building?
(d) With what speed do the horse and rider land on the second building?
12. If a bullet is fired vertically upwards, with a speed of 150 m/s, what is the maximum
height it could reach? (Assume that frictional effects are negligible.)
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13. A skateboarder moves towards a slope with a constant speed of 8 m/s. Her mass,
including her skateboard, is 60 kg and she reaches a height of 2·5 m on the slope
which has a rough surface.
(a) How much kinetic energy did she have at the foot of the slope?
(b) What happened to her kinetic energy as she moved up the slope?
(c) How much potential energy did she gain on the slope?
(d) How much energy was ‘lost’ due to friction on the slope?
14. A car, of mass 1 500 kg, is parked on a hill at a height of 20 m. The brakes fail and the
car begins to roll towards a busy junction at the foot of the hill. The car reaches the
junction with a speed of 18 m/s.
(a) Calculate the amount of potential energy lost by the car as it rolled down the hill.
(b) How much kinetic energy did the car have at the junction?
(c) How much energy was ‘lost’ due to friction as the car rolled down the hill?
15. A typical loop-the-loop rollercoaster in a fun park is shown below :
A
C
15 m
h
B
During one ride the total mass of carriage and passengers was 3 000 kg. When all
passengers were locked in place the carriage was pulled up the track to the start point
A. This was at a height of 15 m. The carriage was then released and it sped down the
track past point B and round the loop. By the time it had reached the top of the loop,
point C, it had lost 6 000 J of energy due to friction and was travelling at 8 m/s.
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(a) How much potential energy did the carriage lose in going from A to B?
(b) How much kinetic energy did the carriage have at the top of the loop?
(c) How much potential energy did the carriage regain between B and C?
(d) Calculate the height of the loop.
Section 3 Miscellaneous Questions
1.
A train is travelling at a constant speed of 30 m/s when the driver spots some
obstruction on the track ahead. He immediately pulls the emergency brakes and the
train comes to rest in 8 seconds. The mass of the train is 80 000 kg and the average
braking force is 750 000 N.
(a) How much kinetic energy did the train have before braking?
(b) What happened to this kinetic energy during braking?
(c) The obstruction, a fallen tree, was 125 m from the train at the instant the driver
pulled the brakes. Did the train collide with the tree? Justify your answer.
(d) Calculate the braking power of the train.
2.
A box of mass 8 kg is dragged 7m along a floor in a warehouse against a constant
frictional force of 20 N. It is then lifted onto a shelf which is 1.2 m above the floor.
(a) Calculate the total energy required for this operation.
(b) If it takes 1 minute to complete the job, what is the average power output of the
warehouse worker?
3.
A soldier of mass 70 kg climbs a rope on an assault course. It takes him
50 seconds to climb the rope and he has a power output of 160 W. Calculate the
height to which he climbed.
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Appendix (ii)
Section 1 - On the
Move
Average Speed(p.2)
1.
(a) 5 m/s
(b) 5 m/s
(c) 125 m
(d) 880 m
(e) 005 s
(f) 200 s
2. 125 m/s
3. 2 400 m
4. 667 s
5. 192 m/s
6. 780 m
7. 5714 s
8. 120 000 m
9. 5556 m
10. 55556 s
11. 20 625s (573 h)
12. 1042 m/s
13. 70 km
14. 28571 m/s
15.
(a) 75 m/s
(b) 2125 km/h
16.
(a) 2328 m/s
(b) Perth & Dundee
17.
(a) 3 m/s
(b) 005 s
18.
(a) 70 km/h
(b) 1 h 40 min
(c) 825 km/h
19.
(a) 480 m
(b) 1371 s
(c) After 15s
cheetah is still 5 m
behind antelope.
Antelope escapes!
20.
(a) Donald
(b) Mickey's-8295m/s
(c) Mickey- 7835 m/s
Donald- 7784 m/s
Goofy- 8000 m/s
Instantaneous Speed
(p.6)
1.
(a) 02 m/s
(b) 015 m/s
(c) 732 x 10-3 s
(d) 0175 m
Answers to Numerical Problems.
(e)
(f)
2.
3.
(a)
(b)
4.
5.
04 m
538 x 10-3 s
146 m/s
A - 800 m/s
B - 769 m/s
C - 667 m/s
D - 690 m/s
E - 800 m/s
F - 833 m/s
F
C
10563 m/s
4 m/s
Acceleration(p.8)
1.
(a) 2 m/s2
(b) 4 m/s2
(c) 9 m/s
(d) 240 m/s
(e) 4 s
(f) 9 s
2. 05 m/s2
3. 0875 m/s2
4. 10 m/s2
5. 025 m/s2
6. 125 m/s2
7. 04 mph/s
8. 05 m/s2
9. 3 mph/s
10. 1 m/s2
11. 15 m/s2
12. 05 m/s2
13. 075 m/s2
14. 04 m/s2
15.
(a) 8 m/s
(b) 28 m/s
16. 32 m/s
17. 02 m/s
18. 95 s
19. 30 s
20. 09 km/h/s
21.
(a) 2 m/s
(b) 36 m/s
22.
A - 4 m/s
B - 5 m/s
23. 135 m/s
24.
(a) 0 m/s
(b) Earth - 064 s
Moon - 4 s
25. 152 m/s
Speed - Time Graphs
(p.12)
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3.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
4.
(a)
(b)
5.
(a)
(b)
6.
7.
(a)
(b)
(c)
9.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
03 m/s2
125 m/s2
024 m/s2
05 m/s2
5 m/s2
027 m/s2
25 m/s2
1 m/s2
056 m/s2
0 m/s2
Gear 4- 2 m/s2
Gear 3- 075 m/s2
Gear 2- 2 m/s2
50 - 70 s
50 s and 100 s
083 m/s2
250 m
180 m
650 m
300 m
550 m
300 m
693 m
4 000 m
220 m
10.
(a) 8 s after seeing
accident
(b) 200 m
(c) 250 m
11.
(a) 05 m/s2
(b) 1 700 m
12.
(a) 05 m/s2
(b) 1 100 m
13.
(a) at 10 seconds
(b) 160 m
14.
(a) 500 m
(b) deceleration
for 560 m so
rocket reaches a
point 20 m
above
Moon
and
hovers.
15.
(a) after 5 s
(b) 125 m
16. 2025 m
17.
(a) 2 m/s2
17.
(b) 120 m
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18.
(a)
(b)
19.
20.
545 m/s
390 miles
450 miles
5050 km
455 km
Miscellaneous
Questions(p.19)
1.
(a) 5 s after seeing
lorry
(c) 525 m
2.
(a) at 12 s
(b) 25 m/s2
(c) 180 m
3.
(a) 60 km/h
(1667 m/s)
(b) PaisleyHillington E
(c) 119 m/s
(b)
11.
(a)
(b)
12.
(a)
(b)
13.
(a)
(b)
14.
15.
2 x 107 N
01 N
10 N/kg
1 300 kg
13 kN
3 N
300 g
840 N
005 kg
Newton's First
Law(p.24)
1. (b), (c), (d)
and (f)
2. 16 000 N
3. 2 N
4. 550 N
5.
(a) 7 500 N
(b) 7 500 N
6.
(a) 85 500 N
(b) 8 550 kg
7.
(a) 953 kg
(b) 9 530 N
(c) 9 530 N
(d) 9 530 N
(e) 1 640 kg
(f) 12 people
8.
(a) 3 000 N to the
right
(b) 12
(c) 2 750 N
9.
(a) 6 - 9 minutes
(b) 9 minutes
(d) 745 kg
(e) 745 N
10.
(a) 2 400 N
(b) 580 000 N
Section 2 - Forces
Weight and
Mass(p.21)
1.
(a) 3 000 N
(b) 222 N
(c) 234 N
(d) 23 kg
(e) 14359 kg
(f) 115 N/kg
2.
(a) 500 N
(b) 200 N
(c) 90 N
(d) 5 N
(e) 5 x 10-4 N
(f) 2 x 10-26 N
3.
(a) 75 kg
(b) 045 kg
(c) 35 kg
(d) 4 kg
Newton's Second Law
(e) 14 x 103 kg
(p.27)
(f) 3 x 10-5 kg
1.
4. 03 N
(a) 8 N
5. 002 N
(b) 18 N
6.
(c) 100 m/s2
(a) 5 N
(d) 90 kg
(b) 08 N
(e) 823 kg
(c) 0 N
(f) 225 m/s2
7.
2. 24 N
(a) 80 kg
3. 5 000 N
(b) 80 kg
4. 25 m/s2
(c) 80 kg
5. 1 m/s2
9.
6. 4333 kg
(a) 9 000 N
7. 2 000 kg
(b) 900 kg
8. 118 m/s2
10.
9. 06 m/s2
(a) 22 x 107 N
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11.
12.
13.
14.
(a)
(b)
15.
(a)
(b)
16.
(a)
(b)
(c)
17.
18.
(a)
(b)
19.
(a)
(b)
20.
21.
(a)
(b)
22.
(a)
(b)
(c)
23.
24.
25.
45 N
15 m/s2
032 m/s2
3 x 108 N
200 N
286 m/s2
2 000 N
044 m/s2
300 000 kg
4 500 kN
15 m/s2
200 N
011 m/s2
013 m/s2
6 100 N
012 m/s2
917 kg
1 m/s2
1 200 N
3667 m/s2
275 000 N
350 000 N
320 kg
250 200 N
120 N
Miscellaneous
Questions(p.31)
1.
(a) 480 N
(b) 960 N
(c) 500 N
2.
(b) 3 600 N
(c) 288 N
(d) 3 888 N
(e) 3 500 N
(f) 111 m/s2
Section 3 - Movement
Means Energy
Work (p.32)
1.
(a) 3 750 J
(b) 2 080 000 J
(c) 125 N
(d) 2751 N
(e) 271 m
(f) 16 111 m
2. 5 000 J
3. 200 m
4. 30 N
5. 13333 N
6. 3 400 m
7. 6 500 000 J
8. 1 818 m
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10.
(a)
(b)
11.
12.
(a)
(b)
(c)
75 x 107 J
43333 N
5417 N
4 750 m
52 500 J
52 500 J
(i) Peter - 8,
John - 4
(ii) Peter
13. 60 J
14. 4 800 J
15. 690 000 J
16.
(a) 16 250 N
(b) 1 625 kg
17.
(a) 40 N
(b) 4 kg
(c) 10 books
18.
(a) 750 N
(b) 112 500 J
19.
(a) 820 N
(b) 8 200 J
20.
(a) 675 N
(b) 945 J
(c) 405 J
13. 120 000 J
14. 2125 m
15. 100 N
Power (p.39)
1.
(a) 2 43333 W
(b) 5856 W
(c) 650 J
(d) 3 600 J
(e) 60 s
(f) 002 s
2. 3375 W
3. 13 s
4. 1167 W
5. 70 s
6. 900 J
7. 049 s
8. Ferrari -48x107 J
Fiat-216 x 107 J
9. 4 44444 W
10. 202 x 108 J
11.
(a) 335 700 W
(b) 423 x 109 J
12.
(a) 316 s
(b) 10 67568 m
(c) 3 35121 bhp
13.
(a) 720 000 J
(b) 144 N
14.
(a) 130 000 J
(b) 72222 W
15.
(a) 18 600 000 J
(b) 4 650 kg
Potential
Energy(p.36)
1.
(a) 3750 J
(b) 13 500 J
(c) 129 m
(d) 35 m
(e) 24 kg
(f) 1053 kg
Kinetic Energy
2.
(p.42)
(a) 2 400 J
1.
(b) 150 000 J
(a) 9 J
(c) 3 750 J
(b) 5625 J
3.
(c) 36 J
(a) 133 kg
(d) 50 J
(b) 769 kg
(e) 12 J
(c) 1875 kg
(f) 400 000 J
4.
2. 135 000 J
(a) 1 m
3. 225 J
(b) 2 m
4. 1936 J
(c) 3 m
5.
(d) 4 m
(a) 250 000 J
5. 42 000 J
(b) 440 000 J
6. 480 000 J
6. 1 0206 J
7. 65 kg
7. 182 x 10-16 J
8. 06 J
8.
9. 100 m
(a) 20 m/s
10.
(b) 1 x 107 J
(a) 374 000 J
(b) 161 500 J
9. 375 x 10-3 J
11. 1 000 J
10. 809 x 1010 J
12. 540 000 J
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12.
13.
14.
(a)
(b)
15.
(a)
(b)
16.
(a)
(b)
17.
18.
(a)
(b)
(c)
19.
20.
10 m/s
0125 kg
22 m/s
5 000 m/s
4 800 kg
226 625 J
952 m/s
053 m/s
011 J
4 people
140 000 J
18 m/s
313 600 J
477 m/s
9 m/s
Conservation of
Energy (p.46)
1.
(a) 60 J
(b) 60 J
(c) 775 m/s
2.
(a) 4 J
(b) 4 J
(c) 4 m/s
3.
(a) 09 J
(b) 09 J
(c) 3 m/s
4.
(a) 06 J
(b) 06 J
(c) 02 m
5.
(a) 8125 J
(b) 8125 J
(c) 125 m
6.
(a) 1 600 J
(b) 20 m/s
7. 15 m/s
8. 1414 m/s
9. 320 m
10. 2 m/s
11.
(a) 164 640 J
(b) 4 200 J
(c) 168 840 J
(d) 2835 m/s
12. 1 125 m
13.
(a) 1 920 J
(c) 1 500 J
(d) 420 J
14.
(a) 300 000 J
(c) 243 000 J
(d) 57 000 J
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15.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
450 000 J
96 000 J
348 000 J
116 m
5.
(a) 144 x 106 J
(b)480 000 W
Miscellaneous
Questions (p.50)
1.
(a) 36 x 107 J
(c) No collision as
braking distance is
only 48 m.
(d) 45 x 106 W
2.
(a) 236 J
(b) 393 W
3. 1143 m
Revision Questions
General Level (p.51)
1.
(a) 5517 m/s
2.
(b) 06 m/s2
3.
(a) 2 600 N
(b) 5 600 J
4.
(b) 65 x 106 N
(c) 1375 m/s2
Credit Level(p.53)
1.
(a) 408 000 N
(b) 180 m/s
(c) 680 000 N
(d) 680 000 N
(e) 22 kN
(f) 741 x 109 J
(g) 307 x 108 J
(h) 307 x 108 J
(i) 76 750 N
2.
(a) 1958 m/s
(b) 30 m/s
(c) 020 m/s2
(d) 22 500 J
(e) 2449 m/s
(f) 75 N
3.
(b) 1 m/s2
(c) 78 m
(d) 450 N
4.
(a) 6 400 J
(b) 4 200 J
(c) 2 200 J
(d) 742 m/s
(e) 6875 m
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