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Work and Power Practice Problems

This document provides 16 practice problems involving concepts of work, force, distance, time, and power in physics. The problems cover calculating work from force and distance, determining force from work and distance, converting between units, and relating work, power, force, and time for various scenarios involving lifting objects, pulling sleds, and machines operating on objects.

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Work and Power Practice Problems

This document provides 16 practice problems involving concepts of work, force, distance, time, and power in physics. The problems cover calculating work from force and distance, determining force from work and distance, converting between units, and relating work, power, force, and time for various scenarios involving lifting objects, pulling sleds, and machines operating on objects.

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Work

 and  Power  Practice  Problems  


 
Solving  work  problems  
1. How  much  work  is  done  on  a  10  N  block  that  is  lifted  5  meters  off  the  ground  by  a  pulley?  
 
 
 
2. A  woman  lifts  her  100  N  child  up  1  meter  and  carries  her  for  a  distance  of  50  meters  to  her  bedroom.    How  much  work  does  the  woman  do?  
 
 
3. You  pull  your  sled  through  the  snow  a  distance  of  500  meters  with  a  force  of  200  N.    How  much  work  did  you  do?  
 
 
4. An  ant  sits  on  the  back  of  a  mouse.    The  mouse  carries  the  ant  across  the  floor  for  a  distance  of  10  meters.    Was  there  any  work  done  by  the  
mouse?    Explain?  
 
 
5. You  did  170  Joules  of  work  lifting  a  140  N  backpack.    How  high  did  you  lift  the  backpack?  
 
 
6. In  problem  5,  how  much  did  the  backpack  weigh  in  pounds?    (Hint:    there  are  4.448  newtons  in  one  pound)  
 
 
 
7. A  crane  does  62,500  J  of  work  to  lift  a  boulder  a  distance  25.0  meters.    How  much  did  the  boulder  weigh?    (Hint:    the  weight  of  the  object  is  
considered  to  be  a  force).  
 
 
 
 
Solving  work  and  power  problems  
8. A  motor  does  5,000  J  of  work  in  20  seconds.    What  is  the  power  of  the  motor?  
 
 
 
9. A  machine  does  1,500  J  of  work  in  30  seconds.    What  is  the  power  of  this  machine?  
 
 
 
10. A  sleigh  weighs  2,000  N  and  is  pulled  by  a  horse  a  distance  of  1.0  kilometer  (that’s  1,000  meters)  in  45  minutes.    What  is  the  power  of  the  horse?    
(Hint:    Convert  time  to  seconds)  
 
 
 
11. A  wagon  weighs  1,800  N  and  is  pulled  by  a  horse  at  a  speed  of  0.40  m/s.    What  is  the  power  of  the  horse?  
 
 
 
12. Suppose  a  force  of  100  N  is  used  to  push  an  object  a  distance  of  5  meters  in  15  seconds.    Find  the  work  being  done  and  the  power  of  the  situation.  
 
 
 
 
13. A  force  of  100  N  is  used  to  move  an  object  a  distance  of  15  meters  with  a  power  of  25  watts.    Find  the  work  done  and  the  time  it  takes  to  do  the  
work.  
 
 
 
14. If  a  small  machine  does  2,500  J  of  work  on  an  object  to  move  it  a  distance  of  100  meters  in  10  seconds,  what  is  the  force  needed  to  do  the  work?    
What  is  the  power  of  the  machine  doing  the  work?  
 
 
 
15. A  machine  uses  a  force  of  200  N  to  do  20,000  J  of  work  in  20  seconds.    Find  the  distance  the  object  moved  and  the  power  of  the  machine.    (Hint:    A  
joule  is  the  same  as  a  Newton-­‐meter)  
 
 
 
16. A  machine  that  uses  200  watts  of  power  moves  an  object  a  distance  of  15  meters  in  25  seconds.    Find  the  force  needed    and  the  work  done  by  the  
machine.  

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