WORK POWER ENERGY

1. A man weighing 80 kgf carries a stone of weight 20 kgf to the top of the building 30 cm high. Calculate the
work done by him. Given g = 9.8 m/s2.
2. A body constrained to move along the z axis of a coordinate system is subjected to a constant force F = (i
+ 2j + 3k)N, where i, j and k are unit vectors along X, Y and Z axis of the system respectively. What is the
work done by this force in moving the body a distance of 4 m along the Z axis?
3. A rain drop of radius 2 mm falls from a height of 500 m above the ground. It falls with decreasing
acceleration (due to viscous resistance of the air) until at half its original height, It attains Its maximum
(terminal) speed and moves with uniform speed thereafter. What is the work done by the gravitational force
on the drop in the first and second half of its journey?
4. A toy rocket of mass 0.1 kg has a small fuel of mass 0.02 kg, which it burns out in 3 sec. Starting from, rest
on a horizontal smooth track, it gets a speed of 20 m/s after the fuel Is burnt out. What is the approximate
thrust of the rocket? What is the energy content per unit mass of the fuel? Ignore the small mass variation of
the rocket during fuel burning?
5. A uniform chain of length 2 m is kept on a table such that a length of 60 cm hangs freely from the edge of
the table. The total mass of the chain is 4 kg. What is the work done in pulling the entire chain on the table.
6. A body of mass 2 kg Initially at rest moves under the action of an applied horizontal force of 7 N on a table
with coefficient of kinetic friction = 0.1. Compute the (a) work done by the applied force in 10 sec. (b)
work done by friction in 10 sec. (c) work done by the net force on the body in 10 sec. (d) change in K.E. of
the body In 10 sec. and interpret your results.
7. A particle of mass m moves in a straight line with retardation proportional to its displacement. Find the
expression for loss of K.E. for any displacement x.
8. An electron and a proton are detected in a cosmic ray experiment, the first with K.E. 10 keV and the second
with 100 keV. Which is faster, the electron or the proton? Obtain the ratio of their speeds. (Given that
electron mass = 9.11 10 31 kg, proton mass = 1.67 10 27 kg, 1 eV = 1.6 10 19J)
9. A body of mass 0.3 kg is taken up an inclined plane of length 10 m and height 5 m, and then allowed to
slide down to the bottom again. The coefficient of friction between the body and the plane is 0.15. What is
(a) work done by the gravitational force over the round trip? (b) Work done by the applied force over the
upward journey. (c) work done by the frictional force over the round trip. (d) K.E. of the body at the end of
the trip.
10. A bullet weighing of 10 gm is fired with a velocity of 800 m/s. After passing through a mud wall 1 m thick,
its velocity decreases to 100 m/s. Find the average resistance offered by the mud wall.
11. A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to velocity v1 in time t1. Find the expression for the
instantaneous power delivered to the body as a function of time.
12. A car mass 2000 kg is lifted up a distance of 30 m by a crane in 1 minute. A second crane does the same job
In 2 minutes. Do the cranes consume the same or different amounts of fuels? What is the power supplied by
each crane? Neglect power dissipation against friction.
13. A water pump pumps out 2400 kg of water per minute. (a) If water is coming out with a velocity of 3 m/s,
what is the power of the pump? (b) How much work is done, if the pump runs for 10 hours?
14. A spherical ball of mass 20 kg is stationary at the top of a hill of height of 100 m. It rolls down a smooth
surface to the ground, then climbs up another hill of height 30 m and finally rolls down to a horizontal base
at a height of 20 m above the ground. Find the velocity possessed by the ball at its final position.
SOLN
1. 29400 J
2. 12 J
7. PROOF
8. 13.54
12. 960 J/s, 480 J/s

3. 0.00825 J 4. 103 J/kg

5. 3.6 J
6. (a) 882 J (b) 246.96 J (c) 635.04 J
9. (a) 0 (b) 18.525 J (c) 7.69 J (d) 10.88 J 10.
11.
13. 180 W 6780 W
14. 20 m/s