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Problem in Work and Energy

This document contains 6 physics problems involving calculations of work. The problems involve determining the work done by: 1) friends pushing a car 218 m, 2) a person pulling a backpack 129 m across ice at an angle, 3) a powerlifter deadlifting 300 kg to 0.9 m, 4) a squirrel doing 32 pushups displacing its mass 8.5 cm each time, 5) a person running up stairs elevating his 102 kg body 2.29 m in 1.32 seconds, and 6) not summarized due to word limit. The answers provided are in Joules or Watts as appropriate for each calculation.

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Problem in Work and Energy

This document contains 6 physics problems involving calculations of work. The problems involve determining the work done by: 1) friends pushing a car 218 m, 2) a person pulling a backpack 129 m across ice at an angle, 3) a powerlifter deadlifting 300 kg to 0.9 m, 4) a squirrel doing 32 pushups displacing its mass 8.5 cm each time, 5) a person running up stairs elevating his 102 kg body 2.29 m in 1.32 seconds, and 6) not summarized due to word limit. The answers provided are in Joules or Watts as appropriate for each calculation.

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Problem 1:

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. Ans. 2.35 x 10 J Problem 2: 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 Newtons 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. Ans. 2.42 x 10 J Problem 3: 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. Ans. 2.6 x 10 J
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Problem 4:
While training for breeding season, a 380 gram male squirrel does 32 pushups in a minute, displacing its center of mass by a distance of 8.5 cm for each pushup. Determine the total work done on the squirrel while moving upward (32 times) Ans. 10. J Problem 5: 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.

Ans. a. 2.30 x 103 J b. 1.73 x 103 W

Problem 6:

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