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This worksheet contains 15 physics problems related to work, power, and energy. The problems involve calculating work, power, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, force, acceleration, and changes in kinetic energy. Sample calculations are provided for finding the power of a crane lifting a mass, the gravitational potential energy and change in gravitational potential energy of an object at different heights, the work required to stop a moving object, and the acceleration of a student bouncing on a pogo stick.

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Wpe Worksheet

This worksheet contains 15 physics problems related to work, power, and energy. The problems involve calculating work, power, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, force, acceleration, and changes in kinetic energy. Sample calculations are provided for finding the power of a crane lifting a mass, the gravitational potential energy and change in gravitational potential energy of an object at different heights, the work required to stop a moving object, and the acceleration of a student bouncing on a pogo stick.

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Physics 2204

Worksheet Work, Power, and Energy


Sections 9.1 9.6

1) What is the power of a crane that does 5.80 x 104 J of work in 2.80 s? [ P = 2.07 10 4 Watts ]

2) A 0.45 kg book sits on a shelf 1.80 m above the floor.



(a) Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the book relative to the floor. [ E p = 7.95J ]
(b) Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the book relative to a 1.10 m high table.
[ E p = 3.09J ]

3) A 210.0 g ball falls from a height of 2.51 m and hits the floor. What is the change in
gravitational potential energy? [ E = 5.17J ]
p

4) A winch rated 1.20 kW hoists an engine from a car to a height of 2.00 m from its original

position at a constant velocity. How long will this take if the engine has a mass of 300.0 kg?
[ t = 4.91s]

5) A spring with a force constant of 116 N/m has a 48 kg mass suspended from it.
(a) Find the extension of the spring. [ x = 4.1m ]
(b) How much elastic potential energy does the spring have? [ E e = 975J ]


6) The kinetic energy of a 92.0 kg hockey player is estimated to be 937.4 J. With what speed is

he skating? Convert to km/h. [ v = 16.3 km h ]

7) A 200.0 kg sled is being towed horizontally at a constant velocity. The coefficient of friction
between the sled and the snow is 0.600. If the sled moves 6.0 m in 10.0 s, find the power.
[ P = 706.3Watts ]

8) Calculate the work done by applying a 125 N force to the right on a 65.0 kg sled to displace
the sled 3.50 m right? [ W = 437.5J ]

9) What is the work required to stop a puck in 0.400 s if it was traveling 15.0 m/s and a force of
applied? [ W = 90.0J ]
30.0 N [left] is


10) A force of 10.0 N is applied to a 2.0 kg mass over a distance of 4.0 m. The surface is
horizontal and frictionless. If the object is initially at rest;
(a) Find the work done. [ W = 40.0J ]
(b) Find the change in kinetic energy. [ E k = 40.0J ]
(c) Calculate the final speed. [ v f = 6.3 m s ]


11) Calculate the kinetic energy of a 133 g baseball with a velocity of 34.0 m/s. [ E k = 76.9J ]

12) An object has a kinetic energy Ek. What happens to the kinetic energy if we:
(a) double m? [Double E k ]
(b) triple v? [Increase E k by factor of 9]
3
(c) triple m and half v? [Change E k by factor of ]
4

13) How much work is required
to increase the velocity of a 25.0 kg crate from 2.0 m/s to 4.0
m/s? [ W = 150J ]

14) A fishing rod has a spring constant of 25.0 N/m. If the rod bends 0.300 m when a fish is
placed on the hook, find the mass of the fish. [ m = 0.76kg ]
fish

15) A 50.0 kg student compresses the spring on a pogo stick 25 cm on an average bounce. If the

spring constant is 2200 N/m, find her acceleration on the upward bounce. [ a = 11.0 m 2 ]
s

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