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Kinetic and Potential Energy Problem Set

1. What is the kinetic energy of a jogger with a mass of 60.0 kg traveling at a speed of 2 m/s?
m=
120J
v=
KE =
2. What is the mass of a baseball that has a kinetic energy of 100 J and is traveling at 5 m/s?
m=
v= 8 kg
KE =
3. What is the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg soccer ball that is traveling at a speed of 3 m/s?
m=
v= 2.25J
KE =
4 What is the kinetic energy of a 0.50 kg ball travelling at a speed of 4 m/s ?
m=
v= 4J
KE =
5. What is the kinetic energy of a 0.50 kg ball that is travelling at a speed of 8 m/s
m=
v= 16J
KE =
6. Mr. Hyman drops a box with mass 2.5kg from a building 75m tall.
a) Calculate the potential energy of the box at the top of the building

1875J

b) Calculate the Kinetic Energy when the box is 37m above the ground

950J

c) Calculate the speed of box just before it hits the ground.

38.21 m/s
Gravitational Potential Energy
PE = mgh m = PE gh h = PE mg
1. Find the gravitational potential energy of a light that has a mass of 13.0 kg and is 4.8 m above the ground.
m=
g= 624J
h=
GPE =
2. An apple in a tree has a gravitational potential energy of 175 J and a mass of 0.36 g. How high from the ground is the
apple?
m=
g=
48,611m
h=
GPE =
3. A marble is on a table 2.4 m above the ground. What is the mass of the marble if it has a gravitational potential
energy of 568 J.
m=
g= 23.67 kg
h=
GPE =
4. A box with a mass of 12.5 sits on the floor. How high would you need to lift it for it to have a GPE of 355J ?
m=
g=
2.84 m
h=
GPE =
5. A cart at the top of a 300 m hill has a mass of 40 kg. What is the carts gravitational potential energy?
m=
g= 120,000J
h=
GPE =
6. Assuming that energy is conserved and there is no friction, at the bottom of the hill the carts potential energy is
completely converted to kinetic energy. Use the formula for kinetic energy to calculate the carts speed at the bottom
of the hill.

77.46 m/s
300

400