MEDIUM
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A man is instructed to carry a package from the base camp at B to summit A of a hill at a height of 1200 metres. The man weighs 800 N and the package weighs 200 N. If g=10 ms2, how much work does a man do against gravity?

Important Questions on Work and Energy

MEDIUM
9th CBSE
IMPORTANT
A man is instructed to carry a package from the base camp at B to summit A of a hill at a height of 1200 metres. The man weighs 800 N and the package weighs 200 N. If g=10 ms2. What is the potential energy of the package at A if it is assumed to be zero at B?
EASY
9th CBSE
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When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, its velocity goes on decreasing. What happens to its potential energy as its velocity becomes zero?
MEDIUM
9th CBSE
IMPORTANT
A man X goes to the top of a building by a vertical spiral staircase. Another man Y of the same mass goes to the top of the same building by a slanting ladder. Which of the two does more work against gravity and why?
MEDIUM
9th CBSE
IMPORTANT
When a ball is thrown inside a moving bus, does its kinetic energy depend on the speed of the bus? Explain.
HARD
9th CBSE
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A bullet of mass 15 g has a speed of 400 m/s. What is its kinetic energy? If the bullet strikes a thick target and is brought to rest in 2 cm, calculate the average net force acting on the bullet. What happens to the kinetic energy originally in the bullet?
EASY
9th CBSE
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Name the commercial unit of measurement of energy.
EASY
9th CBSE
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Name two units of power bigger than watt.