Integrating to Find Work
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- (Videos) Work and Hooke's Law by PatrickJMT In physics work is defined as force times distance, or the force exerted over a distance. But when the force isn't constant, we need …
By Alex Federspiel
- (Videos) The Cable/Rope Problem by PatrickJMT In this first video by PatrickJMT, Patrick looks at a problem where you calculate the work recuired to pull a rope up. The hardest …
By Alex Federspiel
- (Video) Work Required to Drain a Tank by PatrickJMT In this video by PatrickJMT he talks about the third common type of work problem encountered: calculating the work required t…
By Alex Federspiel
Problems 10
- A force of 15 N is needed to hold a spring stretched 2 cm beyond its natural length. How much work is done when stretching it from its natural length to 8 cm beyond its natural …
- Makenna is stretching a spring from 5 m to 8 m and notices it requires 12 J of work. She then stretches the spring three more meters, and it requires an additional 20 J of work.…
- How much work did Lassie produce?
- How much work is required for Hawkeye to lift the rope all the way up?
- How far can he stretch the spring beyond its natural length with his new force of 5040 N.
- How much work has Isabella done?
- How much work is needed to pump out all of the water?
- What is the depth of water remaining in the tank if the pump breaks down after 289,406 J of work has been done.
- How much work is required to drain this tank?
- How much work is required to pump out all the gasoline?