**Work, Energy & Power Worksheet**
**1. If the cart goes from the bottom to the top in 60 seconds, how much power was developed?**
15m
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6.0 m
mass 40 kg, no friction
P = W/t
P = (40 kg)(9.8 m/s²)(6.0 m) / 60 s
P = 39 W
**2. A 12 kW motor lifts a 1500 kg car 5.0 m in 15 s. Calculate the efficiency of the system.**
Eff = (Pout / Pin) * 100%
Pout = (1500 kg)(9.8 m/s²)(5.0 m) / 15 s
Pout = 4900 W
Eff = (4900 W / 12000 W) * 100%
Eff = 41%
**3. How much work must be done to stop a 2200 kg mass travelling at 33 m/s?**
W = ΔKE = 1/2 * m * (vf² - vi²)
W = 1/2 * (2200 kg) * (33 m/s)²
W = 1.2 x 10^6 J
**4. A carpenter holds a 21 kg sheet of plywood against a 2.5 m high ceiling for 35 seconds while his partner nails it in place. How much
work did the carpenter do?**
W = Fd
W = 0 J
**5. A workman on the CN Tower in Toronto dropped a 2.0 kg wrench. Given that the CN Tower is 300 m high, calculate the work done by the force of gravity on the wrench.**
W = mgh = (2 kg)(9.81 m/s²)(300 m)
W = 5.88 x 10³ J
**6. A job is done slowly, and an identical job is done quickly. Both jobs require the same amount of work, but different amounts
of what?**
Power
**7. A gardener exerts a 100 N force on a lawn mower handle at a 45° angle to the horizontal. How much work is done to move it 30 m?**
F (100 N)
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W = Fd cosθ
W = (100 N)(30 m) cos(45°)
W ≈ 2.1 x 10³ J
**8. A pendulum with a bob of mass 0.750 kg is initially displaced to the left as shown.**
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B--------------C--------------D
0.250 m 0.240 m
0.661 m 0.650 m
(a) How much heat energy is produced because of friction?
EpA = mghA
EpB = mghB
H = EpA - EpB
H = 0.75 kg * 9.81 m/s² * (0.35 m - 0.20 m)
H ≈ 7.36 x 10^-2 J
(b) If there were no friction, what would the speed of the bob be as it first passed through its lowest point?
Ep = Ek
mgh = 1/2 mv²
v = √(2gh) = √(2 * 9.81 m/s² * 0.25 m)
v ≈ 2.21 m/s
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