An experiment is conducted such that an applied force is exerted on a 5kg object as it travels across a horizontal surface in wh
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If an experiment is conducted such that an applied force is exerted on an object, a student could use the graph to determine the net work done on the object.
The graph of the net force exerted on the object as a function of the object’s distance traveled is attached below.
- A student could use the graph to determine the net work done on the object by Calculating the area bound by the line of best fit and the horizontal axis from 0m to 5m
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The box has 3 forces acting on it:
• its own weight (magnitude <em>w</em>, pointing downward)
• the normal force of the incline on the box (mag. <em>n</em>, pointing upward perpendicular to the incline)
• friction (mag. <em>f</em>, opposing the box's slide down the incline and parallel to the incline)
Decompose each force into components acting parallel or perpendicular to the incline. (Consult the attached free body diagram.) The normal and friction forces are ready to be used, so that just leaves the weight. If we take the direction in which the box is sliding to be the positive parallel direction, then by Newton's second law, we have
• net parallel force:
∑ <em>F</em> = -<em>f</em> + <em>w</em> sin(35°) = <em>m a</em>
• net perpendicular force:
∑<em> F</em> = <em>n</em> - <em>w</em> cos(35°) = 0
Solve the net perpendicular force equation for the normal force:
<em>n</em> = <em>w</em> cos(35°)
<em>n</em> = (15 kg) (9.8 m/s²) cos(35°)
<em>n</em> ≈ 120 N
Solve for the mag. of friction:
<em>f</em> = <em>µ</em> <em>n</em>
<em>f</em> = 0.25 (120 N)
<em>f</em> ≈ 30 N
Solve the net parallel force equation for the acceleration:
-30 N + (15 kg) (9.8 m/s²) sin(35°) = (15 kg) <em>a</em>
<em>a</em> ≈ (54.3157 N) / (15 kg)
<em>a</em> ≈ 3.6 m/s²
Now solve for the block's speed <em>v</em> given that it starts at rest, with <em>v</em>₀ = 0, and slides down the incline a distance of ∆<em>x</em> = 3 m:
<em>v</em>² - <em>v</em>₀² = 2 <em>a</em> ∆<em>x</em>
<em>v</em>² = 2 (3.6 m/s²) (3 m)
<em>v</em> = √(21.7263 m²/s²)
<em>v</em> ≈ 4.7 m/s
