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Work, Energy and Power

The document discusses simple machines including levers, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles, screws, and wedges. It then provides example exercises calculating kinetic energy, work, power, and other mechanical concepts.

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Work, Energy and Power

The document discusses simple machines including levers, inclined planes, pulleys, wheels and axles, screws, and wedges. It then provides example exercises calculating kinetic energy, work, power, and other mechanical concepts.

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Krizia Jean Abbu
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Simple Machines

A machine is a device for applying energy to do work in a way suitable for a given purpose. No
machine can create energy.

Two major classes of simple machines:


1. lever
2. inclined plane

However, these usually have been modified into more specialized simple machines (or the six simple
machines):
1. Lever
There are three types of lever:
1st type: ex. seesaw (fulcrum at the center)
2nd type: ex. wheelbarrow (resistance or load at the center)
3rd type: ex. tennis racket (effort at the center)
2. Pulley
3. Wheel and axle

4. Inclined plane

5. Screw

6. Wedge

Exercises
1. What is the kinetic energy of a 500 kg body traveling at 20 m/s?
2. A box is pushed by a constant force 10 N at a distance of 3 m. What is the work done of the box?
3. The kinetic energy of a 1500 kg automobile is 243,000 J, what is its velocity?
4. What is the kinetic energy of a 4900-N truck traveling at 20 m/s?
5. What is the potential energy of a 300 kg body if it strikes the ground from a 50 m?
6. A 2-kg box is initially at rest on a horizontal table. The coefficient of friction is 0.40. The box is
pulled along a table at a distance of 3 m by a horizontal force of 10 N. Find (a) the change in
kinetic energy (b) the final velocity.

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7. Compute the kinetic energy of the following:
a) 2 g rifle bullet traveling at 500 m/s
b) 1000 kg automobile traveling at 20 km/hr
8. A 2-kg box is initially at rest on a horizontal table. The coefficient of friction is 0.40. The box is
pulled along a table at a distance of 3 m by a horizontal force of 10 N. Find (a) the change in
kinetic energy (b) the final velocity.
9. Determine the power required for a 2204-kg car to climb a 100-m long uphill road with a slope of
30º from horizontal in 10 seconds at constant velocity.
10. An elevator can lift a load 5000 N from the ground level to a height of 20 meters in 10 seconds.
Find the horsepower rating of the elevator.
11. Find the average horsepower required to raise a 150-kg box to a height of 20 meters over a
period of one minute.

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