Class-9
Physics
EDITION ONE
Work, Energy and Power
Stalin Malhotra(TMH)
Unsolved Numerical Problems
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Level-1 Unsolved Numerical Problems
01 Two unequal masses have the same K.E. Prove that the momentum of the heavier body is more.
02 Two unequal masses have the same momentum. Prove that the heavier body possesses lesser K.E.
03 A roller is pushed by applying a force of 50 N. The line of action of the force makes an angle of 60°
with the horizontal. Find the work done in moving it through a distance of 10 m. (Ans. 250 J)
04 Calculate the momentum of a body of mass 100 g having kinetic energy of 20 joules. (Ans. 2 kg m/s)
05 Calculate the amount of work done in taking a packet of mass 100 kg to the top of a building of height
14.0 m. Take g = 10 m/s2. (Ans. 1.4 x 104 J)
06 The momentum of a body increases by 20%. Calculate the percentage increase in its K.E. (Ans. 44%)
07 The momentum of a body decreases by 20%. Calculate the percentage decrease in its K.E. (Ans. 36%)
08 A bullet leaves a rifle with a velocity of 200 m/s and strikes a wooden target up to 4 cm. What velocity
should it have to pierce the same block of wood up to 16 cm? (Ans. 400 m/s)
09 A body of mass 20 kg falls through a distance of 50 cm. What is the loss in P.E.? (Ans. 98 J)
10 What is the power output of the sun if 4 x 109 kg of matter per second is converted into energy in the
sun? Use E = mc2, where c = 3 x 108 m/s (Ans. 3.6x1026 W)
11 What is the ratio of 1 kWh to 1 MeV? (Ans. 2.25x1019)
12 (a) What is the amount of work done by a weight-lifter in holding a weight of 100kg on his shoulders for
40s?
(b) What is the amount of work done by a man pressing a rigid wall with a force of 200N?
(Ans. (a) zero (b) zero)
13 In a tug of war, one team is slowly giving way to the other. What work is being done, and by whom?
14 A body is kept moving with uniform speed in a circle by a centripetal force acting on it. However, the
work done by this force is zero. Is it true? Explain.
15 The earth moving round the sun in a circular orbit is acted upon by a force, and hence work must be done
on the earth by this force. Do you agree with this statement? (Ans. No)
16 A particle is moving in a circular path of given radius with [(i) constant (ii) increasing (iii) decreasing]
number of rotations per second. what happens to work done in three cases?
17 When a constant force is applied to a body moving with a constant acceleration, is power of the force
constant? If not, how will force vary with speed for the power to be constant?
18 Can a body have energy without having momentum? (Ans. yes)
19 Can a body have momentum without having kinetic energy? (Ans. No)
20 A meteorite bums in the atmosphere before it reaches the earth's surface. What happens to its
momentum?
21 When a ball is thrown up, the magnitude of its momentum decreases and then increases. Does this
violate the conservation of momentum principle?
22 If energy is neither created nor destroyed, what happens to the so much energy spent against friction?
23 A light and a heavy body have the same kinetic energy. Which one will have greater momentum?
(Ans. Heavier body)
24 A bullet is fired from a gun. Which will have greater kinetic energy: The bullet or the gun?
(Ans. Bullet)
25 A light and a heavy body have same momentum. Which one will have the greater kinetic energy?
(Ans. Lighter body)
26 State the work done in following situations:
(a) a person carrying brick on his head on a level road from one place to another.
(b) a man rowing a boat upstream at rest with respect to shore.
(c) when a body of mass m moves with uniform speed v in a circle.
(d) when a car moves with a uniform speed on a smooth level road, neglecting the air resistance.
27 A lorry and a car moving with same K.E. are brought to rest by the action of the brakes which provide
equal retarding forces. Which of them will come to rest in a shorter distance?
(1/2mv2)lorry = (1/2MV2)car =F2S2
Where F1, F2 are retarding forces produced by applying the brakes in the lorry and the car respectively
and S1, S2 are their respective distances covered before they stop.
From (i), F1S1 = F2S2 As F1 = F2, we have S1 = S2
Therefore, before stopping they cover equal distances.
28 Two bodies of masses 1 kg and 4 kg have equal linear momentum. What is the ratio of their kinetic
energies?
29 A man whose mass is 75 kg walks up 10 steps, each 20 cm high, in 5 s. Find the power he develops. Take g
= 1O ms-2.
30 A body of mass 10 kg is dropped from a height of 20 m. Find (i) its potential energy before it is dropped,
(ii) its kinetic energy when it is 8 m above the ground and (iii) its kinetic energy when it hits the ground.
Take g = 10 ms-2.
(Ans. (i) 2000 J (ii)1200 J (iii) 2000 J)
Level-2 Unsolved Numerical Problems
01 The mass of a pendulum bob is 100 g, and the string is 1 m long. The bob is held so that the string
horizontal. It is then allowed to fall. Find the K.E. when the string makes an angle of (a) 0° (b) 30° with the
vertical. (Ans. (a) 98 x 105 erg; (b) 84 x 104 erg)
02 What horsepower is necessary to lift 180 tonnes of coal per hour, from a mine 120 m deep?
0 (Ans. 78.82 hp)
03 An elevator lifts a load of 1250 kg through a height of 20 m in 5 s. Calculate the power of the elevator.
(Ans. 49 kW)
04 A bullet of mass 5 g leaves a rifle with a velocity of 2 m/s. if it strikes a wooden target and penetrates 20
cm into it, what is the average resistance offered by the target? (Ans. 5000 dynes)
05 The human heart forces 4500 cc of blood per min through the arteries, under a pressure of 15 cm of Hg.
Calculate the hp of the heart. Take 1 hp = 746 W and g = 980 cm/s2. (Ans. 20 x 10-4 approx.)
06 A pump is required to lift 480 kg of water per min from a well 10 m deep, and eject it with a speed of 10
m/s (a) How much work is done in lifting the water?
(b) What is the magnitude of the K.E. given to water?
(c) What is the horse power of the engine? (Ans.(a)47040J (b)24000 J (c)1.6)
07 A boy of mass 50 kg sits on a swing, suspended by a rope 5 m long. A person pulls the rope that makes an
angle of 30° with the vertical. What is the gain in the gravitational potential energy of the boy?
(Ans. 3 28.3 J)
08 A ball is dropped from rest from a height of 12 m. If the ball loses 25% of its K.E. on striking the ground,
what is the height to which it bounces? How do you account for the loss in K.E. (Ans. 9m)
09 A car of mass 1000 kg travels at 12 m/s on a horizontal and the resistance to motion is 500 N. Find (a)
09 its momentum (b) its kinetic energy and (c) the power developed by the engine.
[Ans. (a) 1.2 x 104 Ns (b) 7.2 x 104 J (c) 6.0 kW]
10 The brakes of an unloaded lorry of mass 1000kg will slow it down from 40 to 20 km/h in 7.5 s. How long
will they take to stop it from a speed of 30km/h , if it has taken on a load of 2200kg? (Ans. 36 s)
11 If the frictional force resisting the motion of a car is 300 N, find the work done (i.e., the energy expended)
by a man who pushes the car at a steady rate for 25 m on a horizontal road. (Ans. 7500 J)
12 The propelling force of a rocket increases uniformly from zero to 5 N in the first 12 m and remains
constant for the next 40 m. Find the total work done. (Ans. 2300 J)
13 The potential energy stored in the wound-up spring of a toy motor-car is 18 J. Ignoring any frictional
resistance to motion, find the distance this car (mass 200 g) will travel up a slope of 1 in 5.
(Ans. 45.9 cm)
14 A ball is dropped vertically from rest at a height of 12 m. Alter striking the ground, it bounces to a height
of 9 m. What fraction of kinetic energy does it lose on striking the ground?
15 A car of mass 2000 kg is lifted up a distance of 30 m by a crane in 1 minute. A second crane does the same
job in 2 minutes. Do the cranes consume the same or different amounts of fuel? What is the power
supplied by each crane? Neglect power dissipation against friction. Take g = 10 ms-2.
16 A tube well pumps out 2400 kg of water per minute. If water is coming out with a velocity of 3 ms-1, what
is power of the pump? How much work is done, if the pump runs for 10 hours?
