BY, BEELAL SIMREEKHEEA, TOM NORTH AND JAKE SWAN

Work Done
Work done is measured in Joules or Nm (SI unit) Equation for work done is:

WD = Force Applied X Distance Travelled (J) (N) (m)

Easy questions
2) A box is pushed across a floor by a constant force of 100 N. What is the work done by the force to move the box 5 m?
100 N

Calculating work done at an angle

When calculating the work done by a force acting at an angle, it is useful to break the force down into components.

Work is the energy transfer that takes place when a force causes an object to move.
work done = force applied distance moved in direction of force W = Fs The tension in the rope can be broken down into a horizontal and a vertical component. The vertical component does no work because the box does not move in that direction. So to calculate work done by a force at an angle: work done = force in direction of movement distance moved

Fsin

Fcos

W = Fscos

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Easy questions
1) A toy car is pulled along by a piece of string which is at 30 to the horizontal. Calculate the work done in pulling the toy if the tension in the string is 10 N, and it is pulled along 5 m.
10 N

30 5m

Hard question
Mario is participating in the Worlds Strongest Man competition. He has got one track left and it is the Truck Pull. The object is to pull the truck over a 10m distance in the shortest amount of time. Assume that the horizontal force required to pull the truck is 2200N.
1.) Does the truck move if it is pulled with a horizontal force of 2500 N at 30 degrees to the horizontal? Suggest what Mario could do to increase the horizontal force? 2.) Calculate the work done if Mario pulls the truck with the same force but at 10 degrees to the horizontal 3.) Did he pull the truck at 10 degrees? State why?

Answer
1.) Horizontal force = = 2500N X cos 30 2165 N Therefore Mario would not be able to pull the truck at all. Go lower (suggestion) meaning reduce the angle at the horizontal
2.) Horizontal force = 2500 N X cos 10 2462.02 N Work Done = 2462.02 X 10m 24620.2 J OR 24.6202 kJ

3.) He did because the horizontal force needed to pull the truck (2200N) was passed at 10 degrees and therefore the truck would move.

Some Facts
Kinetic energy (KE or Ek) is the energy of an object due to its speed. kinetic energy is measured in joules (J) Kinetic energy increases when a object begins to accelerate or in other words the GPE decreases. Kinetic energy can be derived from suvat equations, word done and GPE!

More Facts
If resistive forces, such as friction and air resistance, are ignored, Ek and Ep are related as follows:
loss of Ek = gain in Ep lose of Ep = gain in Ek For example, if an object of mass m is released above the ground at height h, it will gain speed, v, as it falls. Due to the conservation of energy, and assuming air resistance is negligible, after falling a height of h:

mv2 = mgh

Easy Question
Champagne bottles are often opened by firing the cork out of the bottle. The world record for the horizontal distance travelled by a fired cork is 53 m. The high pressure inside the bottle produces an average force of 150 N on the cork as it leaves the bottle. This force acts on the cork over a distance of 2.5 102 m. The work done on the cork is equal to 4J. Calculate the maximum speed at which the cork could leave the bottle. mass of cork = 7.5 103 kg

Answer = 32.7ms-1

Some Facts
Gravitational potential energy is height energy. GPE is the energy stored in an object when you raise it to a height against the force of gravity Think of GPE as a way of storing kinetic energy. You have to lift something to increase its GPE, and that energy is only released when the object falls.

The Equation
GPE (J) = Weight (N) x Change in Height (M)
When something falls, its GPE is converted into kinetic energy. So the further it goes the faster it goes. Kinetic energy gained = potential energy lost

Easy Question
A car is at the top of a hill. The height of the hill is 11cm. If the combined mass of the car and the passengers is 117.5 kg, what is the GPE at this point? (3 sig figs) A)12700 J B)127 J C)129 J D)12900 J

Hard Question
A tennis ball with a mass of 400 g is thrown upwards at a speed of 5 ms-1. What is the balls Ek as it is released? What is the balls maximum gain of Ep?

What is the balls maximum height?

The working out!!!!!!

Ek = mv2 = 0.4 52 5J Ep = Ek 5J Ep = mgh h = Ep / mg = 5 / (0.4 9.81) 1.27 m