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Problem 5A
WORK AND ENERGY
PROBLEM
The largest palace in the world is the Imperial Palace in Beijing, China.
Suppose you were to push a lawn mower around the perimeter of a rectangular area identical to that of the palace, applying a constant horizontal force of 60.0 N. If you did 2.05 × 105 J of work, how far would you have
pushed the lawn mower? If the Imperial Palace is 9.60 × 102 m long, how
wide is it?
SOLUTION
Given:
F = 60.0 N
W = 2.05 × 105 J
x = 9.60 × 102 m
Unknown:
d=?
y=?
Use the equation for net work done by a constant force.
W = Fd(cos q)
To calculate the width, y, recall that the perimeter of an area equals the sum of
twice its width and twice its length.
d = 2x + 2y
Rearrange the equations to solve for d and y. Note that the force is applied in the
direction of the displacement, so q = 0°.
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W
2.05 × 105 J
d =  = 
F(cos q)
(60.0 N)(cos 0°)
d = 3.42 × 103 m
d − 2x 3.42 × 103 m − (2)(9.60 × 102 m)
y =  = 
2
2
3.42 × 103m − 1.92 × 103 m 1.50 × 103 m
y =  = 
2
2
y = 7.50 × 10 2 m
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
1. Lake Point Tower in Chicago is the tallest apartment building in the
United States (although not the tallest building in which there are
apartments). Suppose you take the elevator from street level to the roof
of the building. The elevator moves almost the entire distance at constant speed, so that it does 1.15 × 105 J of work on you as it lifts the enProblem 5A
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tire distance. If your mass is 60.0 kg, how tall is the building?
Ignore the effects of friction.
2. In 1985 in San Antonio, Texas, an entire hotel building was moved several
blocks on 36 dollies. The mass of the building was about 1.45 × 106 kg. If
1.00 × 102 MJ of work was done to overcome the force of resistance that
was just 2.00 percent of the building’s weight, how far was the building
moved?
3. A hummingbird has a mass of about 1.7 g. Suppose a hummingbird
does 0.15 J of work against gravity, so that it ascends straight up with a
net acceleration of 1.2 m/s2. How far up does it move?
4. In 1453, during the siege of Constantinople, the Turks used a cannon
capable of launching a stone cannonball with a mass of 5.40 × 102 kg.
Suppose a soldier dropped a cannonball with this mass while trying to
load it into the cannon. The cannonball rolled down a hill that made an
angle of 30.0° with the horizontal. If 5.30 × 104 J of work was done by
gravity on the cannonball as it rolled down a hill, how far did it roll?
5. The largest turtle ever caught in the United States had a mass of over
800 kg. Suppose this turtle were raised 5.45 m onto the deck of a research ship. If it takes 4.60 × 104 J of work to lift the turtle this distance
at a constant velocity, what is the turtle’s weight?
7. The Warszawa Radio mast in Warsaw, Poland, is 646 m tall, making it
the tallest human-built structure. Suppose a worker raises some tools
to the top of the tower by means of a small elevator. If 2.15 × 105 J of
work is done in lifting the tools, what is the force exerted on them?
8. The largest mincemeat pie ever created had a mass of 1.02 × 103 kg.
Suppose that a pie with this mass slides down a ramp that is 18.0 m
long and is inclined to the ground by 10.0°. If the coefficient of kinetic
friction is 0.13, what is the net work done on the pie during its descent?
9. The longest shish kebab ever made was 881.0 m long. Suppose the meat
and vegetables need to be delivered in a cart from one end of this shish
kebab’s skewer to the other end. A cook pulls the cart by applying a
force of 40.00 N at an angle of 45.00° above the horizontal. If the force
of friction acting on the cart is 28.00 N, what is the net work done on
the cart and its contents during the delivery?
10. The world’s largest chandelier was created by a company in South
Korea and hangs in one of the department stores in Seoul, South Korea.
The chandelier’s mass is about 9.7 × 103 kg. Consider a situation in
which this chandelier is placed in a wooden crate whose mass is negligible. The chandelier is then pulled along a smooth horizontal surface
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6. During World War II, 16 huge wooden hangers were built for United
States Navy airships. The hangars were over 300 m long and had a maximum height of 52.0 m. Imagine a 40.0 kg block being lifted by a winch
from the ground to the top of the hangar’s ceiling. If the winch does 2.08
× 104 J of work in lifting the block, what force is exerted on the block?
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by two forces that are parallel to the smooth surface, are at right angles
to each other, and are applied 45° to either side of the direction in
which the chandelier is moving. If each of these forces is 1.2 × 103 N,
how much work must be done on the chandelier to pull it 12 m?
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11. The world’s largest flag, which was manufactured in Pennsylvania, has
a length of 154 m and a width of 78 m. The flag’s mass is 1.24 × 103 kg,
which may explain why the flag has never been flown from a flagpole.
Suppose this flag is being pulled by two forces: a force of 8.00 × 103 N
to the east and a force of 5.00 × 103 N that is directed 30.0° south of
east. How much work is done in moving the flag 20.0 m directly south?
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Work and Energy
Chapter
5
Additional Practice 5A
Givens
Solutions
1. W = 1.15 × 103 J
W = Fd(cos q) = mgd(cos q)
1.15 × 105 J
W
d =  = 
mg(cos q) (60.0 kg)(9.81 m/s2)(cos 0°)
m = 60.0 kg
g = 9.81 m/s2
d=
q = 0°
2. m = 1.45 × 106 kg
2
195 m
W = Fd(cos q)
q = 0°
1.00 × 108 J
W
d =  = 
−2
F(cos q) (2.00 × 10 )(1.45 × 106 kg)(9.81 m/s2)(cos 0.00°)
W = 1.00 × 102 MJ
d=
g = 9.81 m/s
352 m
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F = (2.00 × 10−2) mg
Fnet = manet = F − mg
3. m = 1.7 g
F = manet + mg
W = 0.15 J
2
anet = 1.2 m/s
W = Fd(cos q) = m(anet + g)d(cos q)
q = 0°
0.15 J
W
d =  = 
(1.7 × 10−3 kg)(1.2 m/s2 + 9.81 m/s2)(cos 0°)
m(anet + g)(cos q)
2
g = 9.81 m/s
0.15 J
d = 
(1.7 × 10−3 kg)(11.0 m/s2)
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d = 8.0 m
4. m = 5.40 × 102 kg
W = Fd(cos q′) = Fd
W = 5.30 × 10 J
F = mg(sin q)
g = 9.81 m/s2
W = mg(sin q)d
q = 30.0°
5.30 × 104 J
W
d =   = 
2
mg(sin q) (5.40 × 10 kg)(9.81 m/s3)(sin 30.0°)
4
q ′ = 0°
d = 20.0 m
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Solutions
Fnet = Flift − Fg = 0
5. d = 5.45 m
4
W = 4.60 × 10 J
F = Flift = Fg
q = 0°
W = Fd(cos q) = Fgd(cos q)
W
4.60 × 104 J
Fg =  =  = 8.44 103 N
d(cos q) (5.45 m)(cos 0°)
6. d = 52.0 m
m = 40.0 kg
W
2.04 × 104 J
F =  =   = 392 N
d(cos q) (52.0 m)(cos 0°)
W = 2.04 × 104 J
q = 0°
7. d = 646 m
W = 2.15 × 105 J
W
2.15 × 105 J
F =  =  = 333 N
d(cos q) (646 m)(cos 0°)
q = 0°
8. m = 1.02 × 103 kg
Fnet = Fg − Fk = mg (sin q) − mkmg(cos q)
d = 18.0 m
Wnet = Fnetd(cos q′) = mgd(cos q′)[(sin q) − mk(cos q)]
angle of incline = q = 10.0°
Wnet = (1.02 × 103 kg)(9.81 m/s2)(18.0 m)(cos 0°)[(sin 10.0°) − (0.13)(cos 10.0°)]
q′ = 0°
Wnet = (1.02 × 103 kg)(9.81 m/s2)(18.0 m)(0.174 − 0.128)
g = 9.81 m/s2
Wnet = (1.02 × 103 kg)(9.81 m/s2)(18.0 m)(0.046)
mk = 0.13
Wnet = 8.3 × 103 J
9. d = 881.0 m
Wnet = Fnetd(cos q′)
Fapplied = 40.00 N
Fnet = Fapplied (cos q) − Fk
q = 45.00°
Wnet = [Fapplied (cos q) − Fk]d(cos q′)
Fk = 28.00 N
Wnet = [40.00 N(cos 45.00°) − 28.00° N](881.0 m)(cos q)
q′ = 0°
Wnet = (28.28 N − 28.00 N)(881.0 m) = (0.28 N)(881.0 m)
Wnet = 246.7 J
10. m = 9.7 × 103 kg
Wnet = Fnetd(cos q) = (F1 + F2)d(cos q) = 2Fd(cos q)
Wnet = (2)(1.2 × 103 N)(12 m)(cos 45°) = 2.0 × 104 J
q = 45°
F = F1 = F2 = 1.2 × 103 N
d = 12 m
11. m = 1.24 × 103 kg
Only F2 contributes to the work done in moving the flag south.
F1 = 8.00 × 103 N east
q = 90.0° − 30.0° = 60.0°
F2 = 5.00 × 103 N 30.0°
Wnet = Fnetd(cos q) = F2d(cos q) = (5.00 × 103 N)(20.0 m)(cos 60.0°)
south of east
Wnet = 5.00 × 104 J
d = 20.0 m south
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