Formula Review for Chapters 11 - 13 (Motion, Forces, Work, Energy)

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Formula

Units

Word Problem

Solution

432

Work 
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W = F * D

Joules

1)  How much work does a crane do if it uses a force of 5,200 Newtons to lift a girder 20 meters?

 

432

Work 
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W = m * g * D

Joules

2) How much work is done if you are able to move a 5kg rock 20m?

 

433

Power   
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Power =   W  
                 T

watts

3)  What is John's power output if he does 3,960 J of work in 120 seconds?

 

446

Potential Energy
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PE = m*g*h

Joules

4)  What is the gravitational potential energy of a 1,200 kg car at the top of a hill that is 22 meters high?

 

463

Kinetic Energy
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KE = 1/2 mv2

Joules

5)  What is the kinetic energy of a 0.045 kg ball traveling at 4 m/s?

 

459

Efficiency =
Wk Out / Wk In
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Eff = WO
         WI

%

6)  Alice and Jim calculate that they must do 1,800 J of work to push a piano up a ramp. However, they actually end up doing 2,600 J of work. What is the efficiency of the ramp?

 

(lab)

Acceleration 
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A =     2D
           T2

m/s/s

7)  A ball bearing drops from 2 meters in 0.6442 seconds. What is its acceleration?

 

375

Acceleration 
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A =     FV - OV
           T

m/s/s

8) Natalie accelerates her skateboard along a straight path from 0m/s to 4.0 m/s in 4.5 s. Find her average acceleration.

 

369

Velocity   
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V = D
      T

m/s

9) A ball bearing rolls across the floor for 4 meters in 3 seconds. What is its velocity?

 

401

Force
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F = ma

Newtons

10) A baseball that has a mass of 0.18kg accelerates downwards at 9.8 m/s/s. What is the gravitational force acting upon the baseball?

 

415

Momentum
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P = mv

kg-m/s

11) Calculate the momentum of a 70 kg speed skater moving forward at 16 m/s