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Kinetic and Potential Energy Problems

The document discusses kinetic and potential energy. It provides examples of calculating kinetic energy for objects with given mass and velocity, as well as examples of calculating potential energy for objects at given heights with known masses. It also includes one example of using kinetic energy to calculate an unknown mass.

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Kinetic and Potential Energy Problems

The document discusses kinetic and potential energy. It provides examples of calculating kinetic energy for objects with given mass and velocity, as well as examples of calculating potential energy for objects at given heights with known masses. It also includes one example of using kinetic energy to calculate an unknown mass.

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KINETIC ENERGY

1. A car is moving with the velocity of 10 m/s and is having mass of 250 Kg. Calculate its Kinetic energy?
Solution:

Given: Mass of the body m = 250 Kg,


Velocity v = 10 m/s,
Kinetic energy is given by K.E = 1212 mv2
= 1212 ×× 250 Kg (10 m/s)2
= 12500 Kgm2/s2.
2. A cyclist and bike have a total mass of 100 kg and a speed of 15 m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy.

3. A tennis ball is traveling at 50 m/s and has a kinetic energy of 75 J. Calculate the mass of the tennis
ball.

4. What is the KE of a 1.00 kg hammer swinging at 20.0 m/s?

5. A cheetah can run briefly with a speed of 31.0 m/s. Suppose a cheetah with a mass of 47.0 kg runs at
this speed. What is the cheetah’s kinetic energy?
POTENTIAL ENERGY
1. An object of mass 30 kgs is placed on a hill top of height 80m. What is the potential energy
possessed by the object?

PE = m x g x h

= 30 x 9.8 x 80

= 23520 J

2. A fruit hangs from a tree and is about to fall to the ground of 10 meters height. It has a potential
energy of 22.5 J. Calculate the mass of the fruit

M = PE / (g x h)

= 22.5 / (9.8 x 10)

= 0.229 kg

3. 5 kg weighing cat climbing at the top of the tree has a potential energy of 1176 kg. Find the height of
the tree?

H = PE / (m x g)

= 1176 / (9.8 x 5)

= 24 cm

4. A 0.30 kg model airplane is hanging from the ceiling in a child's room. The airplane is hanging 2.50
m above the floor. If the floor is the position with U = 0, what is the potential energy of the model
airplane?

Answer: The model airplane's mass is m = 0.30 kg, and it is at a position h = 2.50 m above the floor. The potential
energy can be found using the formula:

U = mgh

U = (0.30 kg)(9.8 m/s2)(2.50 m)

U = 7.35 kg m2/s2

U = 7.35 J

5. A basketball, with a mass of 2.2 kg, falls off a window ledge, to the ground 50 m below. What is the
gravitational potential energy of the ball when it arrives below?

Answer: The mass, m = 2.2 kg; the height, h = 50 m; the force of gravity, g =9.8 m/s2.

PE = mgh

PE = (2.2 kg)(9.8 m/s2)(50 m)

E = 1078 kg m2 / s2 = 1078 J

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