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The document provides 10 word problems involving calculations of work, force, distance, mass, power, and other physics concepts. It asks the reader to solve the problems showing all work on a separate sheet of paper. The problems cover a range of scenarios involving cranes, weight lifting, climbing stairs, and moving objects over various distances.

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Work and Power Practice 2 Answers

The document provides 10 word problems involving calculations of work, force, distance, mass, power, and other physics concepts. It asks the reader to solve the problems showing all work on a separate sheet of paper. The problems cover a range of scenarios involving cranes, weight lifting, climbing stairs, and moving objects over various distances.

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WORK AND POWER #2

Solve the following problems. Show all your work. Remember to include the correct units. COMPLETE THIS ON
A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER!

1. How much work is done by a crane that lowers 1000 newtons of material a distance of 150 meters?

W=Fxd
W=?J
F = 1000 N
d = 150 m
W = 1000 N x 150 m
W = 150,000 J

2. How much work is done when a 1-kilogram mass is raised a vertical distance of 1 meter?

w = mg
w = 1 kg x 9.8 m/s2
W=Fxd
F = 9.8 N
d=1m
W = 9.8 N x 1 m
W = 9.8 J

3. A 5-kilogram rock is lifted 2 meters in 5 seconds.

a. How much work is done?

w = mg
w = 5 kg x 9.8 m/s2
w = 49 N
W=Fxd
W=?J
F = 49 N
d=2m
W = 49 N x 2 m
W = 98 J

b. What power is used?



P=
P=?W
W = 98 J
t=5s

P=
P = 19.6 W

4. A teacher pushed a desk across a floor for a distance of 5 meters. She exerted a horizontal force of 20
newtons. How much work was done?

W=Fxd
W=?J
F = 20 N
d=5m
W = 20 N x 5 m
W = 100 J

5. A weight lifter lifts a 150-kg barbell above his head from the floor to a height of 2m. He holds the barbell
there for 5 sec. How much work does he do during that 5-sec interval?

During the 5 second interval there is no movement from the weight lifter. If there is no movement
there is no work being done.

6. A student who weighs 500 newtons climbed the stairs form the first floor to the third floor, 15 meters
above, in 20 seconds.

a. How much work did she do?

W=Fxd
W=?J
F = 500 N
d = 15 m
W = 500 N x 15 m
W = 7,500 J

b. What is her power?



P=

P=?W
W = 7,500 J
t = 20 s
,
P=
P = 375 W

7. A box is pushed across the floor for a distance of 5 meters with a force of 50 newtons in 5 seconds.

a. How much work is done?


W=Fxd
W=?J
F = 50 N
d=5m
W = 50 N x 5 m
W = 250 J

b. What is her power?



P=
W = 250 J
t=5s

P=
P = 50 W

8. A woman lifts a 35-kg child a distance of 1.5 meters and carries her forward for 6.5 m.

a. How much work does the woman do in lifting the child?

w = mg
w = 35 kg x 9.8 m/s2
w = 343 N
W=Fxd
F = 343 N
d = 1.5 m
W = 343 N x 1.5 m
W = 514.5 J

b. How much work does the child do?

The child does not do any work. The child is pushing down with a 343 N force while moving
upward. The force and the distance are not acting in the same direction.
9. If 4000 Joules are used to raise a 30-kilgrams mass, how high is the mass raised?

w = mg
w = 30 kg x 9.8 m/s2
w = 294 N
W=Fxd
W = 4,000 J
F = 294 N
d=?m
4,000 J = 294 N x d
d = 13.6 m
10. A force used to lift a 12-kilogram mass to a height of 8 meters in 2 seconds does 1040 joules of work.
a. How much force is used?

W = 1040 J
F=? N
d=8m
1040 J = F x 8 m
F = 130 N
b. What power is developed?

P=

W = 1040 J
t=2s

P=
P = 520 W

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