Republic of the Philippines

CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur 4418
ISO 9001:2015 www.cbsua.edu.ph

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND FOOD SCIENCE

Department of Agricultural Engineering

PHYSICS FOR ENGINEER

WORK AND MOTION

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Questions: Solve the following. Draw the necessary diagram to understand the problem.

1. An elevator and its load weigh 1,600 lb. Find the tension in the supporting cable when the
elevator, originally moving downward at 20 ft/s, is brought to rest with constant acceleration at a
distance of 50 ft.
2. A spring balance fastened to the roof of a moving elevator car indicates 90 lb as the weight of a
120-lb body. (a) What is the magnitude and direction of the elevator?
3. A light frictionless pulley carries a light cord to which is attached at one end a 48-lb weight and
at the other a 64-lb weight. The weights are suddenly released. Find the acceleration and the
tension in the cord.
4. What force, applied parallel to the plane in necessary to move a 16.0 –kg object up a frictionless
plane with a uniform acceleration of 2.00 m/s2 , if the plane makes an angle of 60° with the
horizontal?
5. A 200-lb man stands in an elevator. What force does the floor exert on him when the elevator is
(a) stationary; (b) accelerating upward 16.0 ft/s 2; (c) moving upward at constant speed and (d)
moving upward but decelerating at 12.0 ft/s2?
 Republic of the Philippines
CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE
San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur 4418
ISO 9001:2015 www.cbsua.edu.ph

Prepared by
:
LHIZEL L. CLAVERIA, ABE
ESCI 101, Instructor