<span>When a person lifts the block, the block has more potential energy. Therefore the person does positive work on the block.
work = m g h
work = (4.5 kg) (9.80 m/s^2) (1.2 m)
work = 52.92 joules
The person's work on the block is 52.92 joules
When the block is being raised, the force of gravity opposes the motion. Therefore the force of gravity does negative work on the block.
work = - (force) (h)
work = - m g h
work = -(4.5 kg) (9.80 m/s^2) (1.2 m)
work = -52.92 joules
The work done by the force of gravity on the block is -52.92 joules
Note that when the block is moved horizontally, the potential energy does not change. Therefore there is no work done on the block when it moves horizontally (we are assuming that the kinetic energy does not change).</span>
Answer:
Force
If you're taking classical physics, simply stated, a force is a push or a pull of some sort. But there is one other very important thing to understand about Force. A true Force is always an interaction (at least from a classical perspective). That means that forces always come in pairs. This is stated in Newton's Third Law (equal and opposite forces). Every action must have a reaction. This is required for all true forces. Another consequence of this is that force is a vector, meaning it has a magnitude and a direction. The action and reaction will always be opposite in direction.
A lot of people will say F=ma. This is true. However, it is important to keep in mind that this definition is a calculational tool. It is more precise to say the Sum of all forces=ma. The point is that ma is not a force. Forces are things like weight, tension, normal, friction, gravity, electrostatic, magnetic, and various other applied forces. The sum of forces on an object equals the product of its mass times its acceleration.
It is important to keep in mind that the force is on the object that accelerates. Another way to state this is that objects cannot accelerate themselves. You cannot push yourself back (or forwards). But if you push a heavy object like a desk forwards, then the desk can push you back.
Energy
There are many kinds of energy. There are two important things to know.
Energy is the ability to do work. It doesn't mean work is being done, but that work can be done. (So you can see there is an intimate relationship between work and energy).
Energy is conserved. That means the total amount of energy is always constant. If the energy is a system changes somehow, that means some work was done in order to move the energy from one system to another.
Energy is also a scalar (given that Work is a scalar).
To do that, you must pass electric current through a substance
that electrons have to spend energy to pass through.
The substance will be one that gets warm and dissipates heat
when electric current flows through it.
We'll say that the substance has "resistance", which we can measure.
The amount of heat that appears when current flows through it
will be (current²)·(resistance).
A few examples of things used for that purpose:
-- resistors
-- burners on electric stoves
-- coils of resistor-wire in a toaster
-- aquarium heater
-- electric clothes iron
-- electric coffee pot
-- blow-dryer
-- electric hair-curling iron
-- skinny tungsten wire in a light-bulb .
Answer:
a = -2.4 m/s²
Explanation:
Given,
The initial speed of the bus, u = 24 m/s
The final speed of bus, v = 12 m/s
Time taken to reach final speed is, t = 5.0 s
The acceleration of the body is given by the change in velocity by time
a = (v - u) / t
= (12 - 24) / 5
= -2.4 m/s²
The negative sign in the acceleration indicates that the bus is decelerating.
Therefore, the acceleration of the bus is, a = -2.4 m/s²
By definition, we have to:
Newton's first law states that any object will remain in a state of rest or with a uniform rectilinear motion unless an external force acts on it.
Therefore, according to the first law of Newton, if the object is already in motion and has no force acting on it then, it will remain with a uniform rectilinear motion.
Answer:
The object will remain with a uniform rectilinear movement when the external force does not act on it.
