WORK AND

POWER
When do we consider that we did a
work?
There’s a work when:
1. there is a force acting on the object;
2. the object has to move a certain distance called
the displacement;
3. there must be a component of the force in the
direction of motion.
WORK
Is a method of energy transfer. You transfer
energy to an object by doing work on it.
The work is defined as the product of force
and distance.
W = Fd ( horizontal direction)

W = F *d* cos q ( angular)

W = F • d • cos(theta)

W = mgh ( vertical direction)

The SI unit for work is N-m or kg m2/s2 or
Joule (J) named after James Prescott Joule.
 Example:
Girlie pushes the table horizontally applying a force of 25 N to a certain distance of 3.2 meter. How
much is the work done by Girlie?
Given :
F= 25 N
d= 3.2m
Formula:
W= Fd
W= (25N)(3.2m)
W= 80 N m or 80 J
Example:
Rachel found a 2kg book on the floor and lift it
0.75 meters and put it on a table. How much is
the work done by Rachel?
Joy is playing a toy train. She pushes the train with a force
of 10N and is moved 2m forward as before. If the train is
still moving directly forward (that is, horizontally), the
angle between the force vector and the train's motion
is 60o. Compute for its work.

Given: formula: solution:

F = 10N W= F *d* cos q w= 10N* 2m* cos(60o )
D = 2m = 10* 2*0.5
= 10 J
Power
Power is a rate at which work is done, or energy
is used. It is equal to the amount of work done
divided by the time it takes to do the work. The
unit of power is the Watt (W), which is equal to
a Joule per second (J/s).

P= W/t
It is measured in terms of Joules per sec. (J/s)
or watts (W)
1 Joules = 1 watt

1000 W = 1kW

1horsepower (hp) = 764 watts

1 hp = 550 ft/lbs
Example:

A small motor does 3800J in 25

seconds. How much is the
power done of the motor?
 Raising an elevator from the bottom to the
top of a building requires 950000 J of work.
The elevator takes 50 seconds to reach the
top. How much power (kW) was used to
raise the elevator?
A garage hoist lifts a truck up 2 meters
above the ground in 15 seconds. Find the
power delivered to the truck.
[Given: 1000 kg as the mass of the truck]
 Answer:
1.) How much work is done when a 1 kilogram mass is raised a
vertical distance of 1 meter?

2.) How much work is done by a crane that lowers 1,000 newton of
material a distance of 150 meters?
3.) A teacher pushed a 98 newton desk across a floor for a distance of
5 meters. He exerted a horizontal force of 20 newton for four
seconds. How much work was done by the teacher? What was his
power?
4. A 10 kg object experiences a horizontal force which
causes it to accelerate at 5 m/s2, moving it a distance of
20 m, horizontally. How much work is done by the force?

5. A crate is moved across a frictionless floor by a rope

THAT is inclined 30 degrees above horizontal. The tension
in the rope is 50 N. How much work is done in moving the
crate 10 meters?
Answer:
1. How much work is it to lift a 20 kg sack of potatoes vertically 6.5 m?
2. An object is horizontally dragged across the surface by a 189.6N force
acting parallel to the surface. Find out the amount of work done by the
force in moving the object through a distance of 8 m
3. 4 kg object moves a distance of 7.9 m under the action of a constant
force of 5.6 N. How much work is done on the object?
4. How much energy is used by a 60-Watt light bulb that has been left on
for eight hours?
5. A garage hoist lifts a truck up 2 meters above the ground in 15
seconds. Find the power delivered to the truck. [Given: 1000 kg as the
mass of the truck]
An object is horizontally dragged across the
surface by a 189.6N force acting parallel to
the surface. Find out the amount of work
done by the force in moving the object
through a distance of 8 m.
How much work is used by a 60-Watt light bulb
that has been left on for eight hours?
Renatta Gass is out with her friends. Misfortune
occurs and Renatta and her friends find
themselves getting a workout. They apply a
cumulative force of 1080 N to push the car 218
m to the nearest fuel station. Determine the
work done on the car.
Hans Full is pulling on a rope to drag his backpack to
school across the ice. He pulls upwards and
rightwards with a force of 22.9 Newton at an angle of
35 degrees above the horizontal to drag his backpack
a horizontal distance of 129 meters to the right.
Determine the work (in Joules) done upon the
backpack
Lamar Gant, U.S. powerlifting star, became the first
man to deadlift five times his own body weight in
1985. Deadlifting involves raising a loaded barbell
from the floor to a position above the head with
outstretched arms. Determine the work done by
Lamar in deadlifting 300 kg to a height of 0.90 m
above the ground.
Sheila has just arrived at the airport and is
dragging her suitcase to the luggage check-in
desk. She pulls on the strap with a force of 190
N at an angle of 35° to the horizontal to displace
it 45 m to the desk. Determine the work done
by Sheila on the suitcase.
During the Powerhouse lab, Jerome runs up the
stairs, elevating his 102 kg body a vertical distance of
2.29 meters in a time of 1.32 seconds at a constant
speed.
a. Determine the work done by Jerome in climbing
the stair case.
b. Determine the power generated by Jerome.
A new conveyor system at the local packaging
plan will utilize a motor-powered mechanical
arm to exert an average force of 890 N to push
large crates a distance of 12 meters in 22
seconds. Determine the power output required
of such a motor.
The Taipei 101 in Taiwan is a 1667-foot tall, 101-story skyscraper. The skyscraper is the home of
the world’s fastest elevator. The elevators transport visitors from the ground floor to the
Observation Deck on the 89th floor at speeds up to 16.8 m/s. Determine the power delivered by
the motor to lift the 10 passengers at this speed. The combined mass of the passengers and
cabin is 1250 kg.