Question

A leaky 10-kg bucket is lifted from the ground to a height of 11 m at a constant speed with a rope that weighs 0.9 kg/m. Initially the bucket contains 33 kg of water, but the water leaks at a constant rate and finishes draining just as the bucket reaches the 11-m level. Find the work done. (Use 9.8 m/s2 for g.) Show how to approximate the required work by a Riemann sum. (Let x be the height in meters above the ground. Enter xi* as xi.)

Answer 1

Answer:

the work done to lift the bucket = 3491 Joules

Explanation:

Given:

Mass of bucket = 10kg

distance the bucket is lifted = height = 11m

Weight of rope= 0.9kg/m

g= 9.8m/s²

initial mass of water = 33kg

x = height in meters above the ground

Let W = work

Using riemann sum:

the work done to lift the bucket =∑(W done by bucket, W done by rope and W done by water)

= $\int\limits^a_b {(Mass of Bucket + Mass of Rope + Mass of water)*g*d} \, dx$

Work done in lifting the bucket (W) = force × distance

Force (F) = mass × acceleration due to gravity

Force = 9.8 * 10 = 98N

W done by bucket = 98×11 = 1078 Joules

Work done to lift the rope:

At Height of x meters (0≤x≤11)

Mass of rope = weight of rope × change in distance

= 0.8kg/m × (11-x)m

W done = integral of (mass×g ×distance) with upper 11 and lower limit 0

W done = $\int\limits^1 _0 {9.8*0.8(11-x)} \, dx$

Note : upper limit is 11 not 1, problem with math editor

W done = 7.84 (11x-x²/2)upper limit 11 to lower limit 0

W done = 7.84 [(11×11-(11²/2)) - (11×0-(0²/2))]

=7.84(60.5 -0) = 474.32 Joules

Work done in lifting the water

At Height of x meters (0≤x≤11)

Rate of water leakage = 36kg ÷ 11m = $\frac{36}{11}$kg/m

Mass of rope = weight of rope × change in distance

= $\frac{36}{11}$kg/m × (11-x)m =  3.27kg/m × (11-x)m

W done = integral of (mass×g ×distance) with upper 11 and lower limit 0

W done = $\int\limits^1 _0 {9.8*3.27(11-x)} \, dx$

Note : upper limit is 11 not 1, problem with math editor

W done = 32.046 (11x-x²/2)upper limit 11 to lower limit 0

W done = 32.046 [(11×11-(11²/2)) - (11×0-(0²/2))]

= 32.046(60.5 -0) = 1938.783 Joules

the work done to lift the bucket =W done by bucket+ W done by rope +W done by water)

the work done to lift the bucket = 1078 +474.32+1938.783 = 3491.103

the work done to lift the bucket = 3491 Joules