Well, we know that the total energy in a closed system remains constant.
The problem with the story of Eva is that she is not in a closed system.
If the dark room were really a closed system, then she could press the
button or turn the switch all day, and the lamp could not light. It needs
electrical energy coming in from somewhere in order to turn on.
Let's say that Eva used her arm muscles to strike a match and light the
candle on the table. Then we would have have food energy, muscle
energy, chemical energy in the match, chemical energy in the candle,
heat and light energy coming out of the candle, heat energy soaking into
her hand, light energy bouncing off of the book and into her eyes ... all
going on during the story, and the sum total of all of them would remain
constant.
Answer:
Velocity=14[m/s]
Explanation:
We can solve this problem by using the principle of energy conservation, where potential energy becomes kinetic energy.
In the attached image we can see the illustration of the ball falling from the height of 20 meters, at this time the potential energy will have the following value.
![Ep=m*g*h\\where:\\m=3[kg]\\h=20[m]\\](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Ep%3Dm%2Ag%2Ah%5C%5Cwhere%3A%5C%5Cm%3D3%5Bkg%5D%5C%5Ch%3D20%5Bm%5D%5C%5C)
![Ep=3*9.81*20\\Ep=588.6[J]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Ep%3D3%2A9.81%2A20%5C%5CEp%3D588.6%5BJ%5D)
When the ball passes through half of the distance (10m) its potential energy will have decreased by half as shown below.
![Ep=3*9.81*10\\Ep=294.3[m]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Ep%3D3%2A9.81%2A10%5C%5CEp%3D294.3%5Bm%5D)
If we know that potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy, we can find the value of speed.
![Ek=\frac{1}{2} *m*v^{2} \\therefore\\v=\sqrt{\frac{Ek*2}{m} } \\v=\sqrt{\frac{294.3*2}{3} } \\\\v=14[m/s]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=Ek%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%20%2Am%2Av%5E%7B2%7D%20%5C%5Ctherefore%5C%5Cv%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7BEk%2A2%7D%7Bm%7D%20%7D%20%5C%5Cv%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7B294.3%2A2%7D%7B3%7D%20%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5Cv%3D14%5Bm%2Fs%5D)
The correct answer is:
= g
Explanation:
When the object leaves the hand it has a force acted on it mainly it’s weight.
Power is the ratio between energy and time:
In our problem we have E=76 J and t=3.7 s. Therefore, the power is
There are several information's of immense importance already given in the question. Based on the given information's the answer to the question can easily be determined.
Distance covered by the bicycle = 5000 meter
Time taken by the bicycle to reach the distance = 500 second.
Velocity of the bicycle = Distance / Time taken
= 5000/500 meter/second
= 50 meter/second
So the velocity of the bicycle is 50 meter per second. I hope the procedure is clear enough for you to understand. In future you can always use this procedure for solving similar problems.
