EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

A car of mass 1200 kg is driven along a straight horizontal road against a resistance of 5000 N. The engine has a maximum power output of 100 kW.

Find the maximum speed the car can reach.

Important Questions on The Work-Energy Principle and Power

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A car of mass 1200 kg is driven along a straight horizontal road against a resistance of 5000 N. The engine has a maximum power output of 100 kW.

Find the power being used when the car is travelling at a speed of 15 ms-1 and accelerating at -2 ms-2.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A box of mass 2 kg is pulled up a rough slope by a rope. The rope passes over a smooth pulley and is attached, at the other end, to a block of mass 4 kg with that end of the rope hanging vertically. The slope is inclined at 20° to the horizontal and the coefficient of friction between the slope and the box is 0.3. The system is released from rest. Use the work energy principle to find the speed of the box when it has moved 1 m up the slope.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A car of mass 1600 kg travels down a straight road inclined at an angle θ to the horizontal. The power produced by the engine is 24 kW and the non-gravitational resistance is a constant 1600 N.

Find the driving force when the car is travelling at a constant 20 m s-1.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A car of mass 1600 kg travels down a straight road inclined at an angle θ to the horizontal. The power produced by the engine is 24 kW and the non-gravitational resistance is a constant 1600 N.

Find the value of sinθ.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A lorry of mass 14000 kg moves along a road starting from rest at a point O. It reaches a point A, and then continues to a point B which it reaches with a speed of 24 m s-1. The part OA of the road is straight and horizontal and has length 400 m. The part AB of the road is straight and is inclined downwards at an angle of θ° to the horizontal and has length 300 m.

i For the motion from O to B, find the gain in kinetic energy of the lorry and express its loss in potential energy in terms of θ. The resistance to the motion of the lorry is 4800 N and the work done by the driving force of the lorry from O to B is 5000 kJ.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A lorry of mass 14000 kg moves along a road starting from rest at a point O. It reaches a point A, and then continues to a point B which it reaches with a speed of 24 m s-1. The part OA of the road is straight and horizontal and has length 400 m. The part AB of the road is straight and is inclined downwards at an angle of θ° to the horizontal and has length 300 m.

Find the value of θ.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A block of mass 25 kg is dragged across a rough horizontal floor, using a rope that makes an angle of 30° with the floor. The coefficient of friction between the floor and the block is 0.25. The tension in the rope is T N and air resistance can be ignored. After travelling a distance of 5 m, the speed of the box has increased by 2 m s-1.

Find the work done against friction, in terms of T.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A block of mass 25 kg is dragged across a rough horizontal floor, using a rope that makes an angle of 30° with the floor. The coefficient of friction between the floor and the block is 0.25. The tension in the rope is T N and air resistance can be ignored. After travelling a distance of 5 m, the speed of the box has increased by 2 m s-1.

Use the work-energy principle to find, in terms of T, the average of the initial and final speeds.