1. David is pushing a load of mass 15 kg on a horizontal floor with a horizontal force of 50 N.

The load moves at a

constant speed of 2 m s−1.
(a) Find the friction acting on the load.
(b) Find the power delivered to overcome the friction.

2. A car of mass 1000 kg travelling at 20 m s−1 comes to rest on a straight road. The braking distance is 32 m. Find
(a) the change in kinetic energy of the car; and
(b) the average braking force acting on the car.

3. A small ball is released from the top of a smooth track as shown.

(a) Can the ball reach position B? Explain why briefly.

(b) Find the speed of the ball at position B.
(c) When will the ball has the highest speed? Find this highest
speed.

4. A uniform rope has a length l and a mass m. It is held stationary with 4/5 of the length of the rope lying on a
smooth horizontal table surface and with the remaining 1/5 hanging freely over the edge. Find the minimum
work required to pull the whole rope onto the table surface.

5. A swimmer moves through the water at a speed of 0.22 m/s. The drag force opposing this motion is 110 N. How
much power is developed by the swimmer?

6. To push a 25-kg crate up a 27° incline, a worker exerts a force of 120 N, parallel to the incline. As the crate
slides 3.6 m, how much work is done on the crate by (a) the worker, (b) the force of gravity, and (c) the normal
force of the incline?

7. A very cube is released from the edge of a hemi-spherical frictionless bowl whose radius is 23.6 cm. How fast is
the cube moving at the bottom of the bowl?

8. A small block M of mass 1 kg is transported across a small hill along the road ABC by an applied force F which
is always parallel to the road. The speed of M is kept constant throughout the journey and the kinetic friction
between the block and the road is 2.60 N. Find the total work done by F in transporting M from A to C.

9. A 2.14 kg block is dropped from a height of 43.6 cm onto a spring force constant k = 18.6 N/cm. Find the maximum
distance the spring will be compressed.

43.6 cm
10. An object of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed 𝑣𝑓 in time 𝑡𝑓 . Find the work done on the object
as a function of time t, in terms of m, 𝑣𝑓 and 𝑡𝑓 .

11. A 1.93 kg block is placed against a compressed spring (not attached to the spring) on a frictionless 27° incline.
The spring, whose force constant is 20.8 N/cm, is compressed 18.7 cm, after which the block is released. How
far up the incline will the block go before coming to rest? Measure the final position of the block with respect to
its position just before being released.

12. A stone of weight w is thrown vertically upward into the air with an initial speed 𝑣0 . Suppose that the air
resistance force f dissipates an amount of fy of mechanical energy as the stone travels a distance y. Find the
speed of the stone upon impact with the ground in terms of w, f and 𝑣0 .

13. The figure shows the structure of a screw press. The object to be pressed is
placed between the plates.
(a) What is the maximum velocity ratio of the press?
(b) If the efficiency of the press is 30%, estimate the pressing force
between the plates when a pair of forces, each of 100 N, are applied
to the end of the handle, turning the screw in a clockwise direction.