
The average work done by a human heart while it beats once is . Calculate the power used by heart if it beats times in a minute.

Important Questions on Work, Energy and Power


A bob of mass suspended by a light string of length is whirled into a vertical circle as shown in figure. What will be the trajectory of the particle if the string is cut at
(a) Point B?

A bob of mass suspended by a light string of length is whirled into a vertical circle as shown in figure. What will be the trajectory of the particle if the string is cut at
(b) Point C?

A bob of mass suspended by a light string of length is whirled into a vertical circle as shown in figure. What will be the trajectory of the particle if the string is cut at
(c) Point X?

A graph of potential energy versus is shown in figure. A particle of energy is executing motion in it. Draw graph of velocity and kinetic energy versus for one complete cycle .

(a) For head-on collision, both the balls move forward.
(b) For a general collision, the angle between the two velocities of scattered balls is less than

Consider a one-dimensional motion of a particle with total energy . There are four regions and in which the relation between potential energy , kinetic energy and total energy is as given below:
Region
Region
Region
Region
State with reason in each case whether a particle can be found in the given region or not.
