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KE = 1/2 mv 2
Calculate Kinetic Energy
How much KE in a 5
ounce baseball (145 g)
thrown at 80 miles/hr
(35.8 m/s)?
Calculate Kinetic Energy
Table of Variables
Mass = 145 g 0.145 kg
Velocity = 35.8 m/s
Calculate Kinetic Energy
Table of Variables
Mass = 145 g 0.145 kg
Velocity = 35.8 m/s
Select the equation and solve:
KE = ½ m v2
KE = ½ (0.145 kg)(35.8 m/s)2
KE = ½ (0.145 kg)(1281.54 m/s/s)
KE = ½ (185.8 kg m/s/s)
KE = 92.9 kg m/s/s, or 92.9 Nm, or 92.9J
Calculate Kinetic Energy
How much KE possessed by
a 68.1 kg female volleyball
player moving downward at
3.2 m/s after a block?
Calculate Kinetic Energy
Table of Variables
68.18 kg of mass
-3.2 m/s
Select the equation and solve:
KE = ½ m v2
KE = ½ (68.18 kg)(-3.2 m/s)2
KE = ½ (68.18 kg)(10.24 m/s/s)
KE = ½ (698.16 kg m/s/s)
KE = 349.08 Nm or J
Calculate Kinetic Energy
Compare KE possessed by:
a 220 pound (100 kg) running back
moving forward at 4.0 m/s
a 385 pound (175 kg) lineman moving
forward at 3.75 m/s
Calculate Kinetic Energy
Table of Variables Table of Variables
m = 100 Kg m = 175 kg
v = 4.0 m/s v = 3.75 m/s
Select the equation Select the equation
and solve: and solve:
KE = ½ m v2 KE = ½ m v2
KE = ½ (100 kg)(4.0 KE = ½ (175)(3.75)2
m/s)2 KE = 1230 Nm or J
KE = 800 Nm or J
Potential Energy
Two forms of PE:
Gravitational PE:
energy due to an object’s position
relative to the earth
Strain PE:
due to the deformation of an object
Gravitational PE
Affected by the object’s
weight
mg
elevation (height) above reference point
ground or some other surface
h
GPE = mgh
Calculate GPE
How much gravitational potential energy
in a 45 kg gymnast when she is 4m
above the mat of the trampoline?
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Work - Energy Relationship
The work done by an external force
acting on an object causes a change in
the mechanical energy of the object
Fd Energy
Fd KE PE
1
Fd mv f vi mg ( r f ri )
2