
A block of mass rests on a horizontal table. The coefficient of friction between the block and the table is . When hit by a bullet of mass moving with speed , that gets embedded in it, the block moves and comes to stop after moving a distance of on the table. If a freely falling object were to acquire speed after being dropped from height , then neglecting energy losses and taking , the value of is close to


Important Questions on Work, Energy and Power

A large number of identical beads, each of mass and radius are strung on a thin smooth rigid horizontal rod of length and are at rest at random positions. The rod is mounted between two rigid supports (see figure). If one of the beads is now given a speed , the average force experienced by each support after a long time is (assume all collisions are elastic):



A particle is released on a vertical smooth semicircular track from point so that, makes angle from the vertical (see figure). The normal reaction of the track on the particle vanishes at the point where makes an angle with the horizontal. Then

F = ax + bx2 where a and b are constants. The work done in stretching the unstretched rubber-band by L is :

This question has and of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements.
A point particle of mass moving with speed collides with stationary point particle of mass . If the maximum energy loss possible is given as
then .
Maximum energy loss occurs when the particles get stuck together as a result of the collision.


A ball of mass is dropped from a height on a platform fixed at the top of a vertical spring (as shown in figure). The ball stays on the platform and the platform is depressed by a distance . The spring constant is _____
(Use )
