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Work Problem Set

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1. A force sets an object in motion.

When the force is multiplied by the time of its application, we call the quantity impulse, which changes the momentum of that object. What do we call the quantity force displacement, and what quantity does this change? 2. How much work is done in lifting a 300 Newton rock 10 meters off the ground? 1. 3,000 J 2. A force of 200 Newtons is needed in order to push a wheelbarrow that weighs 1000 Newtons. If the wheelbarrow is pushed 30 meters, how much work is done on the wheelbarrow? 6,000 J 3. Work is required to lift a barbell. How many times more work is required to lift the barbell three times 4. high? 5. Which, if either, requires more work, lifting a 10 kg load a vertical distance of 2 m or lifting a 5 kg load a vertical distance of 4 m? 6. A tennis player carries their tennis bag weighing 100N a horizontal distance of 40.0m. How much work is done on the tennis bag? 7. Amy uses 20N of force to push a lawn mower 10 meters. How much work does she do? 8. Renatta Gass is out with her friends. Misfortune occurs and Renatta and her friends find themselves getting a workout. They apply a cumulative force of 128 N to push the car 15 m to the nearest fuel station. Determine the work done on the car. 9. How much work does an elephant do while moving a circus wagon 20 meters with a pulling force of 200N? 10. A 900N mountain climber scales a 100m cliff. How much work is done by the mountain climber? 11. Angela uses a force of 25 Newtons to lift her grocery bag while doing 50 Joules of work. How far did she lift the grocery bags? 12. Tommy does 15 Joules of work to push the pencil over 1 meter. How much force did he use? 13. How much work is required to pull a sled 5 meters if you use 60N of force? 14. The baseball player does 1234 Joules of work when hitting a baseball into left field. Assuming the baseball landed 100 meters away from home plate, how much force did the player use to hit the ball? 15.

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