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Mixed Work, Power, KE and PE Problems

1. Calculate the work done by a 47 N force pushing a pencil 0.26 m.

2. How much power does it take to lift 30.0 N 10.0 m high in 5.00 s?
3. Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.045 kg golf ball travelling at: (a) 20 m/s, (b) 40 m/s, (c) 60 m/s.
4. How much work is it to lift a 20 kg sack of potatoes vertically 6.5 m? (Hint: Find the weight force first)
5. A 4357-kg roller coaster car starts from rest at the top of a 36.5-m high track. Determine the PE.
6. If a small motor does 520. J of work to move a toy car 260 m, what force does it exert?
7. A car uses 2,500 Joules in 25 seconds. Find power.
8. A 4.00 kg ball is on a 5.00 m ledge. If it is pushed off the ledge, how much kinetic energy will it have just
before hitting the ground? (Think about the relationship between KE and PE)
9. Calculate the work done by a 2.4 N force pushing a sandwich across a table 0.75 m wide.
10. A 4.00 kg rock is rolling 10.0 m/s. Find its kinetic energy.
11. Calculate the potential energy of a 5.00 kg object sitting on a 3.00 meter high ledge.
12. If a small motor does 520. J of work to move a toy car 260 m, what force does it exert?
13. How long would it take a 500 W electric motor to do 150,000 J of work?
14. You push down on a 3.0 N box for 10 minutes. How much work was done?
15. How high up is a 3.00 kg object that has 300. J of energy?
16. An 8.0 kg cat is running 4.0 m/s. How much kinetic energy does it have?
17. A rolling ball has 18 J of kinetic energy and is rolling 3.0 m/s. Find its mass.
18. Amy uses 20N of force to push a lawn mower 10 meters. How much work does she do?
19. Joe balances a stationary coin on the tip of his finger 20cm from the top of the table. How much work is
Joe doing?
20. Frank does 2400J of work in climbing a set of stairs. If he does the work in 6 seconds, what is his power
output?
21. How much work is required to pull a sled if you use 60J of work in 5 seconds?
22. How much work does an elephant do while moving a circus wagon 20meters with a pulling force of 200N?
23. If it takes 5 seconds for you to do 1000J of work, what is your power output?
24. A 900N mountain climber scales a 100m cliff. How much work is done by the mountain climber?
25. A small motor does 4000J of work in 20 seconds. What is the power of the motor in watts?
26. A woman runs a kilometer using a force of 210N and a power output of 500W. How long in minutes does it
take this woman to complete 1 kilometer?
27. What is the gravitational potential energy of a 61.2 kg person standing on the roof of a 10-story building
relative to (a) the tenth floor, (b) the sixth floor, (c) the first floor? (Each story is 2.50 m high.)
28. You serve a volleyball with a mass of 2.1 Kg. The ball leaves your hand with a speed of 30m/s. The ball has
__________________ energy. Calculate it.
29. A baby carriage is sitting at the top of a hill that is 21 m high. The carriage with the baby weighs 12 Kg. The
carriage has _________________ energy. Calculate it.
30. A car is traveling with a velocity of 40 m/s and has a mass of 1120 Kg. The car has _____________ energy.
Calculate it.
31. A 75kg refrigerator is located on the 70th floor of a skyscraper (300m above ground). What is the potential
energy of the refrigerator?
32. At what height is an object that has a mass of 50kg, if its gravitational potential energy is 9800J?
33. A 10kg mass is lifted to a height of 2m. What is its potential energy at this position?
34. A bullet has a mass of 0.0042kg. The muzzle velocity of the bullet coming out of the barrel of the rifle is
993m/s. What is the KE of the bullet as it exits the gun barrel?
35. What is the potential energy of a 3kg ball that is on the ground?