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Exercises:

1. A person pulls a 50-kg crate 40 m along a horizontal oor by a constant force F=

100 N, which acts at a 37◦ angle. The oor is rough and exerts a friction force f
=50 N. Determine the work done by each force acting on the crate.
(a) WF =3000 J, Wf = 1200 J
(b) WF =3200 J, Wf = 1200 J
(c) WF =300 J, Wf = 120 J
(d) WF =3000 J, Wf = 1000 J
2. A dart of mass 0.100 kg is pressed against the spring of a toy dart gun as shown
in the gure. The spring, with spring constant k=250 N/m and ignorable mass,
is compressed 6.0 cm and released. If the dart detaches from the spring when the
spring reaches its natural length what speed does the dart acquire?

(a) 3 m/s
(b) 9m/s
(c) 4 m/s
(d) 10 m/s
3. During a workout, football players ran up the stadium stairs in 75 s. The distance
along the stairs is 83 m and they are inclined at a 33◦ angle. If a player has a
mass of 82 kg, estimate his average power output on the way up. Ignore friction
and air resistance.
(a) 480 W
(b) 40 W
(c) 500 W
(d) 48 W
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4. A mass m is attached to a spring which is held stretched at a distance x by a force

F, and then released. The spring pulls the mass to the left, towards its natural
equilibrium length. Assuming there is no friction, determine the speed of the mass
m when the spring returns to half its original extension.

(a) v = 3F 4m
x


Fx
(b) v = 4m

Fx
(c) v = 16m

x2
(d) v = F4m

5. An airplane pilot fell 370 m after jumping from an aircraft without his parachute
opening. He landed in a snowbank, creating a crater 1.1 m deep, but survived
with only minor injuries. Assuming the pilot’s mass was 88 kg and his speed at
impact was 45 m/s estimate the work done by the snow in bringing him to rest.
(a) -9 * 105 J
(b) 9 * 104 J
(c) 9 * 105 J
(d) -9 * 104 J
6. If you stand on a bathroom scale, the spring inside the scale compresses 0.60 mm,
and it tells you your weight is 760 N. Now if you jump on the scale from a height
of 1.0 m, what does the scale read at its peak?
(a) 4.5 * 104 N
(b) -4.5 * 104 N
(c) -45 * 104 N
(d) 45 * 104 N
7. A ball is attached to a horizontal cord of length l whose other end is xed. If the
ball is now released, what will be its speed at the lowest point of its path?
√
(a) 3gl

(b) 2gl2

(c) 3gl3
√
(d) 2gl
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8. A boy throws a ball having a mass of 0.25 kg horizontally at the speed of 120
km/hr. By the time it reaches a wall, it had slowed by 10% of its initial velocity.
Neglecting gravity, estimate the average force of air resistance during a pitch. The
distance between the wall and the boy is about 15 m.
(a) 1.8 N
(b) 18 N
(c) 0.18 N
(d) 180 N
9. A uniform chain of length 1 and mass m overhangs a smooth table with its two
third part lying on the table. Find the kinetic energy of the chain as it completely
slips o the table.
9mgl
(a) 4
4mgl
(b) 9
4
(c) 9mgl
9l
(d) 4mg

10. A block of mass m is pushed against a spring of spring constant k xed at one end
to a wall. The block can slide on a friction-less table as shown in gure below.
The natural length of the spring is l and it is compressed to half its natural length
when the block is released. Find the velocity v of the block as a function of its
distance x from the wall.

 
lk 3
(a) v = m 4
 
k 1
(b) v = ml 4
 m  l2
(c) v = k 4
 
k l
(d) v = m 4
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11. As shown in the system below, it is released from rest and the block of mass 1.0
kg is found to have a speed 0.3 m/s after it has descended through a distance of 1
m. Find the coecient of kinetic friction between the block and the table.

(a) 1.2
(b) 0.112
(c) 0.0012
(d) 0.12
12. One end of a spring of natural length h and spring constant k is xed at the ground
and the other is tted with a smooth ring of mass m which is allowed to slide on
a horizontal rod xed at a height h. Initially, the spring makes an angle of 37◦
with the vertical when the system is released from rest. Find the speed of the ring
when the spring becomes vertical.


h k
(a) 17 m

h k
(b) 16 m

h k
(c) 4 m
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
h2 k
(d) 14 m

13. A cylindrical bucket lled with water is whirled around in a vertical circle of radius
r. What can be the minimum speed at the top of the path if water does not fall
out from the bucket?

√
(a) vmin = rg
√
(b) vmin = 5rg
√
(c) vmin = 3rg
(d) none of the above.
14. A system consists of two springs connected in series and having the stiness coef-
cients K1 and K2 . Find the minimum work to be performed in order to stretch
this system by ∆l.
 
3 K1 K2
(a) W = 2 K1 +K2 ∆l2
 
(b) W = 12 KK11−KK2
2
∆l2
 
1 K1 K2
(c) W = 2 K1 +K2 ∆l2
(d) W = 0
15. A body of mass m is hauled from the Earth’s surface by applying a force F varying
with the height of ascent y as F = 2(ay − 1)mg, where a is a positive constant.
Find the work performed by this force and the increment of the body’s potential
energy in the gravitational eld of the Earth over the rst half of the ascent.
(a) W = 3 mg
4a
, ∆U = 5mg
2a
mg mg
(b) W = 3 4a , ∆U = 2a
(c) W = 5 mg
4a
, ∆U = mg
2a
(d) W =0

Multiple select questions (MSQs)

16. A small block of mass m is kept on a rough inclined surface of inclination θ xed
in an elevator. The elevator goes up with a uniform velocity v and the block does
not slide on the wedge. What will be the work done by the frictional force on the
block in time t?
(a) mgvtsin2 (θ)
(b) mgvtsin(θ).cos(90-(θ))
(c) mgvtcos2 (θ)
(d) mgvt(sin (θ))
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17. Given gure shows a particle sliding on a frictionless track which terminates in a
straight horizontal section. If the particle starts slipping from the point A, then

(a) the particle hits the oor at a distance of d=3.5 m.

(b) work done is given by Wg = −mg(H − h), where H=2 m and h=0.5 m.
(c) if the block starts from a height of H=3.7 m and leaves the track at a height
of h=1.2 m, then the work done here by gravity is greater than the work done
by gravity before.
(d) None of the above.
18. A small block of mass 2 kg starts slipping down the inclined plane of angle of
inclination 37◦ from a point 4.8 m away from the spring. The block compress the
spring by 20 cm, stops momentarily and then rebounds through a distance of 1 m
up the incline. Taking g = 10 m/s2 , then

(a) coecient of friction between the block and incline µ = 0.5.

(b) spring constant of the spring k= 1000 N/m.
(c) if the mass of the block was 20 kg instead of 2 kg, then magnitude of potential
energy stored in the spring is 10 times the potential energy stored earlier.
(d) none of the above.
19. A particle moves with an acceleration in a eld given by U = ax1/2 − bx3 . The
mass of the particle is m. The force acting on it is (a) conservative and (b) non-
conservative. Then,
(a) the work done by the conservative force is ax1/2 + bx3
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(b) the work done by the non-conservative force is zero.

 
(c) the force acting on the particle is F = 3bx2 − 12 √ax
(d) None of the above.
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Work, energy and power

S.No. Correct option
1 (b)
2 (a)
3 (a)
4 (a)
5 (d)
6 (a)
7 (d)
8 (a)
9 (b)
10 (d)
11 (d)
12 (c)
13 (a)
14 (c)
15 (b)
16 (a),(c)
17 (b)
18 (a)