Question

Sam's job at the amusement park is to slow down and bring to a stop the boats in the log ride.

Answer 1

The amount of work which Sam does need to stop the boat is 784Joule  if boat mass  is 800kg and boat drift in 1.4m/sec.

We know that according to work-energy theorem, change in kinetic energy of the body from one speed to another is equivalent to amount of work done by all forces acting on the body.

So, here we can see that final speed of boat is =0m/sec since Sam need to stop it.

Initial speed of boat is 1.4m/sec.

Also, we know that kinetic energy is given by the below formula:

Kinetic energy=(1/2)mv²

where m is the mass of the body

and v is the speed of the body

Now, from work energy theorem, we get

=>W=(1/2)m$v^2_2$ - (1/2)m$v^2_1$

=>W=0-(1/2)×800×(1.4)²

=>W= - 400× 1.4 × 1.4

=>W = -400×1.96

=>W= -784Joule

Here negative sign denotes work has to done against the original motion of boat.

Hence, amount of work needs to be done by Sam is 784Joule.

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