This document provides 16 practice problems involving concepts of work, force, distance, time, and power in physics. The problems cover calculating work from force and distance, determining force from work and distance, converting between units, and relating work, power, force, and time for various scenarios involving lifting objects, pulling sleds, and machines operating on objects.
This document provides 16 practice problems involving concepts of work, force, distance, time, and power in physics. The problems cover calculating work from force and distance, determining force from work and distance, converting between units, and relating work, power, force, and time for various scenarios involving lifting objects, pulling sleds, and machines operating on objects.
This document provides 16 practice problems involving concepts of work, force, distance, time, and power in physics. The problems cover calculating work from force and distance, determining force from work and distance, converting between units, and relating work, power, force, and time for various scenarios involving lifting objects, pulling sleds, and machines operating on objects.
This document provides 16 practice problems involving concepts of work, force, distance, time, and power in physics. The problems cover calculating work from force and distance, determining force from work and distance, converting between units, and relating work, power, force, and time for various scenarios involving lifting objects, pulling sleds, and machines operating on objects.
Solving
work
problems
1. How
much
work
is
done
on
a
10
N
block
that
is
lifted
5
meters
off
the
ground
by
a
pulley?
2. A
woman
lifts
her
100
N
child
up
1
meter
and
carries
her
for
a
distance
of
50
meters
to
her
bedroom.
How
much
work
does
the
woman
do?
3. You
pull
your
sled
through
the
snow
a
distance
of
500
meters
with
a
force
of
200
N.
How
much
work
did
you
do?
4. An
ant
sits
on
the
back
of
a
mouse.
The
mouse
carries
the
ant
across
the
floor
for
a
distance
of
10
meters.
Was
there
any
work
done
by
the
mouse?
Explain?
5. You
did
170
Joules
of
work
lifting
a
140
N
backpack.
How
high
did
you
lift
the
backpack?
6. In
problem
5,
how
much
did
the
backpack
weigh
in
pounds?
(Hint:
there
are
4.448
newtons
in
one
pound)
7. A
crane
does
62,500
J
of
work
to
lift
a
boulder
a
distance
25.0
meters.
How
much
did
the
boulder
weigh?
(Hint:
the
weight
of
the
object
is
considered
to
be
a
force).
Solving
work
and
power
problems
8. A
motor
does
5,000
J
of
work
in
20
seconds.
What
is
the
power
of
the
motor?
9. A
machine
does
1,500
J
of
work
in
30
seconds.
What
is
the
power
of
this
machine?
10. A
sleigh
weighs
2,000
N
and
is
pulled
by
a
horse
a
distance
of
1.0
kilometer
(that’s
1,000
meters)
in
45
minutes.
What
is
the
power
of
the
horse?
(Hint:
Convert
time
to
seconds)
11. A
wagon
weighs
1,800
N
and
is
pulled
by
a
horse
at
a
speed
of
0.40
m/s.
What
is
the
power
of
the
horse?
12. Suppose
a
force
of
100
N
is
used
to
push
an
object
a
distance
of
5
meters
in
15
seconds.
Find
the
work
being
done
and
the
power
of
the
situation.
13. A
force
of
100
N
is
used
to
move
an
object
a
distance
of
15
meters
with
a
power
of
25
watts.
Find
the
work
done
and
the
time
it
takes
to
do
the
work.
14. If
a
small
machine
does
2,500
J
of
work
on
an
object
to
move
it
a
distance
of
100
meters
in
10
seconds,
what
is
the
force
needed
to
do
the
work?
What
is
the
power
of
the
machine
doing
the
work?
15. A
machine
uses
a
force
of
200
N
to
do
20,000
J
of
work
in
20
seconds.
Find
the
distance
the
object
moved
and
the
power
of
the
machine.
(Hint:
A
joule
is
the
same
as
a
Newton-‐meter)
16. A
machine
that
uses
200
watts
of
power
moves
an
object
a
distance
of
15
meters
in
25
seconds.
Find
the
force
needed
and
the
work
done
by
the
machine.