PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT :: WORK, ENERGY AND POWER : 1.

JUNIOR
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A block of mass m = 2kg is pulled by a force F = 40 N upwards through a height h = 2m. Find the work done on the block by the applied force F and its weight mg. (g = 10 m/s2).

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Two unequal masses of 1 kg and 2 kg are attached at the two ends of a light inextensible string passing over a smooth pulley as shown in figure. If the system is released from rest, find the work done by string on either block in 1s. Take g = 10 m/s2.

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A force F = (2 + x) acts on a particle in x-direction where F is in Newton and x in 2kg metre. Find the work done by this force during a displacement from x = 1.0 m to x = 2.0 m.
k (x 0) acts on a particle in x-direction. Find the work done by this x2 force in displacing the particle from x + a to x = +2a. Here k is a positive constant.

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A force F acting on a particle varies with the position x as shown in figure. Find the work done by this force in displacing the particle from (a) x = 2m to x = 0; (b) x = 0 to x = 2m.

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An object is displaced from point A(2m, 3m, 4m) to a point B(1m, 2m, 3m) under a + 3j + 4k) N. Find the work done by this force in this process. constant force F = (2i

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+ 3j) m to r = (4i + 6 An object is displaced from position vector r1 = (2i j) m under a 2

N. Find the work done by this force. force F = (3x 2 i + 2yj) 8. An object is displaced from a point A(0, 0, 0) to B(1m, 1m, 1m) under a force

+ xj) N. Find the work done by this force in this process. F = (yi

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A 1.8 kg block is moved at constant speed over a surface for which coefficient of friction = . It is pulled by a force F acting at 45o with horizontal as shown in figure. The block is displaced by 2m. Find the work done on the block by (a) the force F; (b) friction; (c) gravity. Force acting on a particle varies with displacement as shown in figure. Find the work done by this force on the particle from x = 4m to x = + 4m.
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+ xj) where K is a positive constant acts on a particle moving in the A force F = K(yi xy plane. Starting from the origin the particle is taken along the positive x-axis to the point (a, 0) and then parallel to y-axis to the point (a, a). Find the total work done by the

force F on the particle. 12. A particle is moved from (0, 0) to (a, a) under a force + 4 F = (3i j) from two paths. Path 1 is OP and path 2 is OQP. Y Let W1 and W2 be the work done by the force in these two paths. Then find the ratio W1 / W2.
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An object of mass m is tied to a string of length l and a variable force F is applied on it which brings the string gradually at angle with the vertical. Find the work done by the force F.

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A body of mass m was slowly hauled up the hill as shown in the figure by a force F which at each point was directed along a tangent to the trajectory. Find the work performed by this force, if the height m of the hill is h, the length of its base is l and the coefficient of friction is .

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Velocity-time graph of a particle of mass 2 kg moving in a 20 straight line is as shown in figure. Find the work done by all the force acting on the particle.
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A particle of mass m moves on a straight line with its velocity varying with the distance traveled according to the equation v = x , where is a constant. Find the total work done by all the forces during a displacement from x = 0 to x = b. The potential energy function of a particle under a conservative force field is : U = 3x2y + 3. Find the force field acting on the particle. Find the potential energy function corresponding to the conservative force field function. + 3j) ; (b) F = (3x 2 yi + x 3 (a) F = (2xi j) .

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In the arrangement shown in figure mA = 4.0 kg and mB = 1.0 kg. The system is released from rest and block B is found to have a speed 0.3 m/s after it has descended through a distance of 1 m. Find the coefficient of friction between the block and the table. Neglect friction elsewhere. Take g = 10 m/s2.

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A heavy particle hanging from a fixed point by a light inextensible string of length l is projected horizontally with speed gl . Find the speed of the particle and the inclination of the string to the vertical at the instant of the motion when the tension in the string is equal to the weight of the particle.