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    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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    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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