MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

A skydiver of mass 80 kg falls 1000 m from rest and then opens his parachute for the remaining 2000 m of his fall. Air resistance is negligible until the parachute opens. The skydiver is travelling at 5 m s-1 just before he hits the ground. Find the average resistance force when the skydiver is falling with the parachute open. (Use: g=10 m s-2)

Important Questions on The Work-Energy Principle and Power

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
A tile of mass 1 kg slides 3 m down a roof inclined at 20° to the horizontal. The tile then falls 5 m under gravity to hit the ground with speed 10 m s-1. Find the frictional force between the tile and the roof.(Use: g=10 m s-2)
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
A model racing car of mass 50 g is released from rest at the top of a downward-sloping track. It travels along the track under the action of gravity. The resistance to the motion of the car is 0.05 N. The car comes to a stop on a horizontal piece of track that is 2 m lower than the top of the track. Find the distance that the car has travelled.(Use: g=10 m s-2)
MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
A diver jumps from a 10 m board above a swimming pool. The diver has an initial velocity of u m s-1 upwards. The horizontal component of the diver's path is negligible. A constant resistance of 0.5 N kg-1 acts on the diver. Find an expression for the height of the diver above the pool at the highest point of her dive. (Use: g=10 m s-2)
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A golf ball of mass 45.9 g is hit from a tee with speed 50 ms-1. The ball lands in a pond that is 5 m lower than the tee. When the ball lands in the pond it has travelled along a curved path of length 160 m. The resistance acting on the ball has magnitude 0.3 N.

Find the speed of the ball just before it hits the water.

The water immediately absorbs 8 J of energy from the ball. The ball then sinks vertically downwards to reach the bottom of the pond. The resistance acting on the ball has magnitude 3 N and the ball just comes to rest as it reaches the bottom of the pond.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A golf ball of mass 45.9 g is hit from a tee with speed 50 ms-1. The ball lands in a pond that is 5 m lower than the tee. When the ball lands in the pond it has travelled along a curved path of length 160 m. The resistance acting on the ball has magnitude 0.3 N.

Find the depth of the pond.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A golf ball of mass 45.9 g is hit from a tee with speed 180 km h-1. The ball rises to a height of 20 m, having travelled along a curved path of length 61.875 m. At the highest point of its path the ball is travelling at 144 km h-1.

Find the magnitude of the average resistance force acting on the golf ball.

The ball travels a further 105.8 m along a curved path to land on the green. The green is 4 m lower than the tee. The average resistance remains unchanged.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A golf ball of mass 45.9 g is hit from a tee with speed 180 km h-1. The ball rises to a height of 20 m, having travelled along a curved path of length 61.875 m. At the highest point of its path the ball is travelling at 144 km h-1.

Find the speed of the ball just before it lands on the green.

The ball is travelling vertically when it lands on the green, where it is immediately brought to rest.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A golf ball of mass 45.9 g is hit from a tee with speed 180 km h-1. The ball rises to a height of 20 m, having travelled along a curved path of length 61.875 m. At the highest point of its path the ball is travelling at 144 km h-1.

Show that the energy absorbed by the green is 28.1 J.