ACLC COLLEGE OF TACLOBAN

Senior High School Department

Tacloban City, Leyte

GENERAL PHYSICS I

2nd QUARTER

TOPICS: WORK, POWER, & ENERGY

LEARNING ACTIVITY #1

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PROBLEM SOLVING:

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write down the Given, what is Asked in the
Problem and Solution. AVOID ERASURES. BOX YOUR FINAL ANSWER.

1. A tractor exerts a constant force of 6.0 x 103 N on a horizontal chain while moving a load a
horizontal distance of 30 cm. How much work is done by the tractor?

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2. A 3.0 kg stone is dropped from a height of 100 m. Finds its potential energy when it is 50m
from the ground.

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3. Find the KE of a 70 kg runner who covers 400 m in 45 s at constant speed.

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4. How much more gravitational potential energy does a 1.0 kg hammer have when it is on a
shelf 1.5 m high than when it is on a shelf 0.90 m high?

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5. A weightlifter raises a 150 kg barbell from the floor to a height of 2.2 m in 0.80 s. What is
his average power output during the lift?

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 GENERAL PHYSICS 1
2nd QUARTER
TOPIC: Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse, and Collision
LEARNING ACTIVITY #2

II. Solve the momentum for each of the following moving objects.

6. A 0.50 kg basketball that is thrown upward with a velocity of 30 m/s.

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7. A 200 kg light railway cart moving in the direction of South with a velocity of 10/s.
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III. Determine the impulse exerted in each of the following conditions.

8. A dynamic cart experienced a force of 25 N going East for a time interval of 3.2
seconds.

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9. A force of 120 N hits a baseball by a bat with a time interval of 0.15 seconds.

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10. A 12 kg rock falling from a cliff for 3.0 3.0 seconds.

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IV. Solve for the Center of Mass

11. A 5 kg mass placed at the origin and a 9 kg mass is placed at x=2m. Where is the center
of mass?

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