Question

What is the difference in KE between a 52.5 kg person running 3.50 m/s and a 0.0200 kg bullet flying 450 m/s?

Answer 1

Answer:

Ek = 1705.28 [J]

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we must remember that kinetic energy can be calculated by means of the following equation.

$E_{k}=\frac{1}{2} *m*v^{2}$

where:

m = mass [kg]

v = velocity [m/s]

Ek = kinetic energy [J] (Units of Joules)

For the person running

$E_{k} =\frac{1}{2}*52.2*(3.5)^{2} \\ E_{k} =319.72[J]$

For the bullet

$E_{k} =\frac{1}{2} *m*v^{2}$

$E_{k} =\frac{1}{2} *0.02*(450)^{2} \\E_{k}=2025 [J]$

The difference in Kinetic energy is equal to:

Ek = 2025 - 319.72

Ek = 1705.28 [J]