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Conservation of Energy Sample Problems Answers

This document contains 3 sample conservation of energy problems: 1) Calculating the power of a motor lifting a box 20m in 10s (1150W). 2) Finding the speed of a child at the bottom of a frictionless 3m slide (7.7m/s). 3) Finding the potential energy (73,500J), kinetic energy (24.2m/s) and speed (19.9m/s) of a 250kg roller coaster car going down a 30m hill and back up a 10m hill.

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Conservation of Energy Sample Problems Answers

This document contains 3 sample conservation of energy problems: 1) Calculating the power of a motor lifting a box 20m in 10s (1150W). 2) Finding the speed of a child at the bottom of a frictionless 3m slide (7.7m/s). 3) Finding the potential energy (73,500J), kinetic energy (24.2m/s) and speed (19.9m/s) of a 250kg roller coaster car going down a 30m hill and back up a 10m hill.

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Conservation of Energy Sample Problems

1. An electrical motor lifts a 575 N box 20 meters straight up by a rope with constant
velocity for 10.0 s. What power is developed by the motor?
Wd
t
(575 N )(20m)
P
10s
P 1150W
P

2. Starting from rest, a child zooms down a frictionless slide from an initial height of 3.0
m. What is her speed at the bottom of the slide? Assume she has a mass of 25.0 kg.
Known :
v i 0m / s
h 3.0m
vf ?
m 25kg

GPE mgh 25kg (9.8m / s 2 )(3.0m) 735 J


GPE KE
1
KE mv 2
2
1
735 J ( 25kg )v 2
2
1470 J 25v 2
58.8 J / kg v 2
v 7.7 m / s

3. An amusement park roller coaster car has a mass of 250 kg. During the ride, it is towed
to the top of a 30 m hill, where it is released from rest and allowed to roll. The car
plunges down the hill, then up a 10 m hill and through a loop with a radius of 10 m.
Assume that the tracks are frictionless.
Known :
GPE KE
GPE mgh
m 250.0kg
g 9.8m / s 2
h 30.0m

a. What is the Potential Energy of the car at the top of the 30 m hill?
PartA
GPE mgh
GPE ( 250kg )(9.8m / s 2 )(30m)
GPE 73,500 J

b. What is the Kinetic Energy and the speed of the car at the bottom of the 30 m hill?

KE 73,500 J

1
mv 2
2

1
( 25.0kg )(v 2 )
2
147,000 J ( 25.0kg )(v 2 )
J
588
v2
kg
v 24.2m / s
73,500 J

c. What is the Kinetic Energy and the speed of the car at the top of the 10 m hill?
TotalE GPE KE
TotalE GE@ 10 m KE @ 10 m 73,500 J

73500 J 250kg (9.8m / s 2 )(10m)


1
( 250kg )v 2
2
1
73500 J 24500 J (250kg )v 2
2
1
49000 J (250kg )v 2
2
98000 J 250kg (v 2 )
73500 J 24500 J

393 J / kg v 2
v 19.9m / s

1
(250kg )v 2
2

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