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Chapter 11 Problem 30E

Question

Problem 30E

a. How much work must you do to push a 10 kg block of steel across a steel table at a steady speed of 1.0 m/s for 3.0 s?

b. What is your power output while doing so?

Solution

Step 1 of 4

Part (a)

Our aim is to find the amount of work we must do to push the steel block on a steel table.

The mass of the block \(\mathrm{m}=10 \mathrm{~kg}\)

The speed of the block \(\mathrm{v}=1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\)

The time taken \(\mathrm{t}=3 \mathrm{~s}\)

The coefficient of kinetic friction (steel on steel) \(\mu_{k}=0.6\)

The acceleration due to gravity \(\mathrm{g}=9.8 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\)

 

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics 3 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321740908

a. How much work must you do to push a 10 kg block of

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