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This document is a worksheet and assignment for a Mechanics course at Dilla University, containing various physics problems related to kinetic energy, work done by forces, and energy conservation. It includes specific questions about rockets, particles, forces on objects, and energy changes in different scenarios. The assignment requires students to solve selected problems and submit their work by a specified date.

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Worksheet and Assignment On Unit-4

This document is a worksheet and assignment for a Mechanics course at Dilla University, containing various physics problems related to kinetic energy, work done by forces, and energy conservation. It includes specific questions about rockets, particles, forces on objects, and energy changes in different scenarios. The assignment requires students to solve selected problems and submit their work by a specified date.

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Dilla University

College of Natural and computational Science


Department of Physics
Worksheet and Assignment for Mechanics (Phys2011)

1) If a Saturn V rocket with an Apollo spacecraft attached has a combined mass of


and is to reach a speed of 11.2 km s, how much kinetic energy will it then have?
2) If an electron (mass ) in copper near the lowest possible temperature
has a kinetic energy of J, what is the speed of the electron?
3) 3. A floating ice block is pushed through a displacement of d = (15m)i −(12m)j along a
straight embankment by rushing water, which exerts a force F = (210N)i− (150N)j on the
block. How much work does the force do on the block during the displacement?
4) A particle is subject to a force Fx that varies with position as in Fig.1.Find the work done by
the force on the body as it moves (a)from x=0 to x=5.0m, (b)from x=5.0 m to x=10 m and (c)
from x=10 m to x=15m. (d)What is the total workdone by the force over the distance x=0 to
x=15m?

Figure1: Force Fx, which depends on position x


5) What work is done by a force F = (2xN)i+(3N)j, with x in meters, that moves a particle from
a position ri = (2m)i +(3m)j to a position rf = −(4m)i −(3m)j ?
6) In figure 2, An archer pulls her bow string back 0.400 m by exerting a force that increases
from zero to 230N. (a) What is the equivalent spring constant of the bow? (b) How much
work is done in pulling the bow?
Figure 2: The force of a bow string (a) on the object pulling it back can be modelled as ideal
spring (b) exerting a restoring force on the mass attached to its end.
7) A 40 kg box initially at rest is pushed 5.0m along a rough horizontal floor with a constant
applied horizontal force of 130N. If the coefficient of friction between the box and floor is
0.30, find (a) the work done by the applied force, (b) the energy lost due to friction, (c) the
change in kinetic energy of the box, and (d) the final speed of the box.
8) In figure 3, A crate of mass 10.0kg is pulled up a rough incline with an initial speed of 1.50
m/s. The pulling force is 100N parallel to the incline, which makes an angle of 20.0◦ with the
horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.400, and the crate is pulled 5.00 m. (a) How
much work is done by gravity? (b) How much energy is lost due to friction? (c) How much
work is done by the 100N force? (d) What is the change in kinetic energy of the crate? (e)
What is the speed of the crate after being pulled 5.00m?

Figure 3: (a) Block moves 5.00m up plane while acted upon by gravity, friction and an applied
force. (b) Directions of the displacement and the force of gravity.

9) In figure 4, A 700N marine in basic training climbs a 10.0m vertical rope at a constant speed
of 8.00s. What is his power output?
Figure 4: Marine climbs rope in Example 9. You don’t like my drawing? Tell it to the
Marines!
10) In figure 5, A 1.50kg snowball is shot upward at an angle of 34.0◦ to the horizontal with an
initial speed of 20.0 m/s . (a) What is its initial kinetic energy? (b) By how much does the
gravitational potential energy of the snowball–Earth system change as the snowball moves
from the launch point to the point of maximum height? (c) What is that maximum height?

Figure5: A Snowball is launched at an angle of .


11) Referring figure 6, A pendulum consists of a 2.0 kg stone on a 4.0 m string of negligible
mass. The stone has a speed of 8.0 m s when it passes its lowest point. (a) What is the speed
when the string is at 60◦ to the vertical? (b) What is the greatest angle with the vertical that
the string will reach during the stone’s motion? (c) If the potential energy of the pendulum–
Earth system is taken to be zero at the stone’s lowest point, what is the total mechanical
energy of the system?
Figure 6: (a) Pendulum swings through lowest point. (b) Pendulum has swung 60◦ past
lowest point.
12) A bead slides without friction on a loop–the–loop track (see Fig. 7). If the bead is released
from a height h = 3.50R, what is its speed at point A? How large is the normal force on it if
its mass is 5.00g?

Figure 7: Bead slides on track.


13) Two children are playing a game in which they try to hit a small box on the floor with a
marble fired from a spring–loaded gun that is mounted on the table. The target box is 2.20 m
horizontally from the edge of the table; see Fig. 8 and 9. Bobby compresses the spring 1.10
cm, but the center of the marble falls 27.0 cm short of the center of the box. How far should
Rhoda compress the spring to score a direct hit?

Figure 8: Spring propels marble off table and hits (or misses) box on the floor.
Figure 9: Marble propelled by the spring–gun: (a) Spring is compressed, and system has
potential energy. (b) Spring is released and system has kinetic energy of the marble

14) The coefficient of friction between the 3.0 kg mass and surface in Fig. 10 is 0.40. The
system starts from rest. What is the speed of the 5.0kg mass when it has fallen 1.5m?

Figure 10: Moving masses in Example 15. There is friction between the surface and the 3.0kg
mass.

15) A 10.0kg block is released from point A in Fig. 11. The track is friction less except for the
portion BC, of length 6.00m. The block travels down the track, hits a spring of force constant
k = 2250N/m, and compresses it 0.300m from its equilibrium position before coming to rest
momentarily. Determine the coefficient of kinetic friction between surface BC and block.
Figure 11: After sliding down the slope and going over the rough part, the mass has maximally
squished the spring by an amount x = 0.300m.

16) A potential energy function for a two–dimensional force is of the form .


Find the force that acts at the point (x,y).

Individual Assignment:
 Assignment Questions: 4, 6,8, 10,12, 14, 15
 Submission date: 14/05/2017 E.C (morning)!

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