Concept of Work

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Concept of Work: Overview

This topic explains concepts such as Work Done, Work Done by a Constant Force, Units of Work and Definition of Joule, CGS Unit of Work, etc.

Important Questions on Concept of Work

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When a body moves with a constant speed along a circle

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75.0 kg man pushes on a 5.0×10 ton wall for 250 s but it does not move. How much work does he do on the wall? (2000 lb=1 ton and 0.454 kg=1 lb)

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A body of mass 5 kg is placed at the origin, and can move only on the x-axis. A force of 10 N is acting on it in a direction making an angle of 60° with the axis and displaces it along the x-axis by 4 metres. The work done by the force is

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A boy throws a ball in upward direction that reaches a height of 10 m. If the mass of the ball is 980 gm, find the work done by the force of gravity.

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A block is pushed through 2 m across a surface offering  25 N resistance. The work done by resistance force is 

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A body of mass 30 kg is displaced horizontally in a curved path. The body later comes back to that position from where it was displaced. Check whether work is done or not.

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A block is pushed through 2 m across a surface offering 25 N resistance. The work done by resisting force is

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Why it is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it vertical upwards?

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A machine which has an efficiency of 80% raises a load of 50 N through a vertical height of 10 m. The work input to the machine is

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An engine can pump 30,000 lit. of water to a vertical height of 45 m in 10 min. Calculate the work done by the machine and its power?

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A force of 10 N is applied on 20 kg mass at rest. The work done in the fourth second is

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A force of 10 N is applied on an object of mass 1 kg for 2 s, which was initially at rest. What is the work done on the object by the force?

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A force F acts on a body of mass m initially at rest producing uniform acceleration a for a time interval t. The work done on the body is :-

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What is the SI unit of work?

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What is the CGS unit of work?

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Spring constant of a spring is K = 6 ×103 N/m. Work done to stretch it 10-2 m from mean position is

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Heat and work done by the heat was discovered by

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How many joules are equivalent to 1 erg ?

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Erg is a bigger unit of energy than joule.

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Convert the work-done equal to  50 J into erg.