Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy being converted to potential energy?
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Answer:
The friction force is 250 N
Explanation:
The desk is moving at constant velocity. This means that its acceleration is zero: a = 0. Newton's second law states that the resultant of the forces acting on the desk is equal to the product between mass (m) and acceleration (a):
In this case, we know that the acceleration is zero: a = 0, so also the resultant of the forces must be zero:
(1)
We are only interested in the forces acting along the horizontal direction, since it is the direction of motion. There are two forces acting in this direction:
- the pull, forward, F = 250 N
- the friction force, backward,
Given (1), we have
So the force of friction must be equal to the pull:
Answer:
The velocity will be v = 22.1[m/s]
Explanation:
We can solve this problem by using the principle of energy conservation, where potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. For this problem we will take the point with maximum potential energy when the body is 25 [m] high. By the time the height is zero, the potential energy will have been transformed into kinetic energy, and we can find the velocity of the body.
Now we know that the energy will be transformed.