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Assignment No: 6
Work Power And Energy

Physics

1. What is the work done against gravity when a body is moved horizontally
along a frictionless surface?
2. Does the power needed to raise a box onto a platform depend on how fast it
is raised? By how much will the kinetic energy of body increase if its speed is
tripled and when speed is halved?
3. Which would have a greater effect on the kinetic energy of an object doubling
the mass or doubling the velocity?
4. How fast should a man of 50 kg run so that his kinetic energy is 625 J?
( Ans: 5 m/s )
5. State whether the following objects possess kinetic energy, potential energy,
or both:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

A man climbing a hill

A flying aero plane
A bird running on the ground
A ceiling fan in the off position
A stretched spring lying on the ground
A stone is kept on roof top.
Water stored in the reservoir of dam
A running car

6. Two bodies X and Y of equal masses are kept at heights of h and 2h

respectively. What will be the ratio of their potential energies?
7. Is it possible that a force is acting on a body but the work is zero? Explain
giving one example.
8. Find the momentum of a body of mass 100 g having a kinetic energy of 20 J.
( Ans: 2 N.S )
9. Two objects having equal masses are moving with uniform velocities of 2 m/s
and 6 m/s respectively. Calculate the ratio of their kinetic energies.
( Ans: 1/9 )
10.
A body of 2 kg falls from rest. What will be its kinetic energy during the
fall at the end 2 s?
(
Ans:
400J )
11.
A man drops a 10 kg rock from the top of a 5 m ladder. What is its
kinetic energy when reaches the ground?
( Ans: 500J )
12.
A car is being driven by a force of 25 N. travelling at a speed of 5 m/s, it
takes 2 minutes to reach a certain place. Calculate the work done.
( Ans: 15000 J )
13.
A boy weighing 40 kg makes a high jump of 1.5 m.
Engr: Kashif Ali Magsi

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Superb in Education
Physics

Assignment No: 6
Work Power And Energy

Find i) what is his kinetic energy at highest point? ii) What is his potential
energy at highest point?
( Ans: K.E= 0 J, P.E= 600J )
14.
In loading a truck, a man lifts boxes of 100 n each through a height of
1.5 m.
i) How much work does he do in lifting one box?
ii) Howmuch energy is transferred when one box is lifted?
iii) If the man lifts 4 boxes per minute, at what power is he working?
( Ans: W= 150 J, E= 150 J, P=
10 W )

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Engr: Kashif Ali Magsi