Quiz No.

3-2
Solved Problems

1. A 75.0-kg firefighter climbs a flight of stairs 10.0 m high. How much work is required?
Solution:
= = = 75.0 (9.80
2
)(10.0 ) = 7350

2. A 900-N crate rests on the floor. How much work is required to move it at constant speed (a) 6.0 m along the floor
against a friction force of 180 N, and (b) 6.0 m vertically?
Solution:
a)
= = 180 (6.0 ) = 1080 = 1100
b)
= = 900 (6.0 ) = 5400

3. How much work did the movers do (horizontally) pushing a 150-kg crate 12.3 m across a rough floor without
acceleration, if the effective coefficient of friction was 0.70?
Solution:
= =

= 0.70 (150 ) (9.80

2
) (12.3 ) = 12656.7 = 13000

4. A car does 7.0 x 10
4
J of work in traveling 2.8 km at constant speed. What was the average retarding force (from all
sources) acting on the car?
Solution:
=

=

=
7.0 10
4

2.8
1000
1
= 25

5. How high will a 0.325-kg rock go if thrown straight up by someone who does 115 J of work on it? Neglect air resistance.
Solution:
=

=

=
115
0.325 (9.80
2
)
= 36.10675 = 36.1

6. A hammerhead with a mass of 2.0 kg is allowed to fall onto a nail from a height of 0.40 m. What is the maximum
amount of work it could do on the nail?
Solution:
= = = 2.0 (9.80
2
) (0.40 ) = 7.84 = 7.8

7. At room temperature, an oxygen molecule, with mass of 5.31 x 10
-26
kg, typically has a KE of about 6.21 x 10
-21
J. How
fast is it moving?
Solution:
=
1
2

2


=

=
2 (6.21 10
21
)
5. 31 10
26

= 483.63034 = 484




8. How much work is required to stop an electron (m = 9.11 x 10
-31
kg) which is moving with a speed of 1.90 x 10
6
m/s?
Solution:
=
1
2

2
2

1
2

1
2
= 0
1
2
(9.11 10
31
) (1.90 10
6
)
2
= 0 1.644355 10
18


= 1.64 10
18


9. How much work must be done to stop a 1000-kg car traveling at 110 km/h?
Solution:
=
1
2

2
2

1
2

1
2
= 0
1
2
(1000 ) (110

1
3600

1000
1
)
2
= 0 466820.98765

= 467000

10. A spring has a spring constant, k, of 440 N/m. How much must this spring be stretched to store 25 J of PE?
Solution:

=
1
2

2


=

=
2 (25 )
440

= 0.3371 = 0.34

11. A 6.0-kg monkey swings from one branch to another 1.2 m higher? What is the change in PE?
Solution:

= = 6.0 (9.80
2
) (1.2 ) = 70.56 = 71

12. By how much does the gravitational PE of a 64-kg pole vaulter change if his center of mass rises about 4.0 m during
the jump?
Solution:

= = 64 (9.80
2
) (4.0 ) = 2508.8 = 2500

13. Jane, looking for Tarzan, is running at top speed (5.6 m/s) and grabs a vine vertically from a tall tree in the jungle. How
high can she swing upward?
Solution:

2
+
2
=
1
+
1


1
2

2
2
+ =
1
2

1
2
+

1
2
(5.6 )
2
+0 = 0 +(9.80
2
)

15.68

2
()
9.80

2
()
=
9.80

2
()
9.80

2
()


= 1.6




Prepared By:
Romeo E. Bejar, Jr., CpE