Work and Power Calculation
Work and Power Calculation
Work and Power Calculation
Follow Up
You had a golf ball with a mass around .045kg.
You drop it from .20 meters. The more potential
energy, the larger the impact (harder it falls)
1. If you then drop a fake golf ball with a mass
of .012kg, do you have to drop it from a higher
or lower height to get the same amount of
energy? Explain why
2. How much Kinetic Energy does the .045kg
ball have right before it hits the sand when you
drop it from .2 meters up? You can actually use
your PE =mgh to figure this out.
Work, Power,
& Machines
Hold a book out in front
of you…your arms are
getting tired…is this
work?
What is work ?
P = W/t
Joules/second
1 watt = 1 J/s
watts
Used to measure
power of light
bulbs and small
appliances
An electric bill is
measured in
kW/hrs.
1 kilowatt = 1000 W
A train pulls a load 20 meters
with 3000N of force. How much
work is done?
W=Fd
W= 3000 x 20 = 60,000 Joules
A woman lifts a baby with 5N of
force. She did 30J of work. How
far did she lift the baby up?
W= Fd
30= 5d
30/5 =d
D=6 meters
A kid pushed a wagon in 30
seconds with 20 N of force. He
pushed it a total of 10 meters
before he gave up.