A cannonball has a mass of 13 kg and is fired vertically upwards from the surface of the Earth to a height of 27 m. (use g = 9.8 N/kg at the surface of Earth.) a. Calculate the cannonball's maximum gravitational potential energy The cannonball is fired upwards such that it stores double the maximum gravitational potential energy. b. Calculate how high the ball is fired

A cannonball has a mass of 13 kg and is fired vertically upwards from the surface of the Earth to a height of 27 m. (use g = 9.8 N/kg at the surface of Earth.) a. Calculate the cannonball's maximum gravitational potential energy The cannonball is fired upwards such that it stores double the maximum gravitational potential energy. b. Calculate how high the ball is fired

University Physics Volume 1

18th Edition

ISBN:9781938168277

Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Publisher:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny

Chapter8: Potential Energy And Conservation Of Energy

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 22P: Someone drops a 50 — g pebble off of a docked cruise ship, 70.0 m from the water line. A person on a...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Answer yes or no to each of the following questions. (a) Can an objectEarth system have kinetic energy and not gravitational potential energy? (b) Can it have gravitational potential energy and not kinetic energy? (c) Can it have both types of energy at the same moment? (d) Can it have neither?
In the Back to the Future movies (https://openstaxcollege.org/l/2lbactofutclip), a DeLorean car of mass 1230 kg travels at 88 miles per hour to venture back to the future. (a) What is the kinetic energy of the DeLorean? (b) What spring constant would be needed to stop this DeLorean in a distance of 0.1m?
Physics Review A team of huskies performs 7 440 J of work on a loaded sled of mass 124 kg, drawing it from rest up a 4.60-m high snow-covered rise while the sled loses 1 520 J due to friction, (a) What is the net work done on the sled by the huskies and friction? (b) What is the change in the sleds potential energy? (c) What is the speed of the sled at the top of the rise? (See Section 5.5.)
A shopper pushes a grocery cart 20.0 m at constant speed on level ground, against a 35.0 N frictional force. He pushes in a direction 25.0° below the horizontal. (a) What is the work done on the cart by friction? (b) What is the work done on the cart by the gravitational force? (c) What is the work done on the cart by the shopper? (d) Find the force the shopper exerts, using energy considerations. (e) What is the total work done on the cart?
(a) Sketch a graph of the potential energy function U(x)=kx2/2+Aex2 where k , A, and are constants. (b) What is the force corresponding to this potential energy? (c) Suppose a particle of mass in moving with this potential energy has a velocity v when its position is x = . Show that the particle does not pass 2+2 through the origin unless Amv2=k22(1e a 2 ) .
“ E=K+Uconstant is a special case of the work energy theorem.” Discuss this statement.
. In the annual Empire State Building race, contestants run up 1,575 steps to a height of 1,050 ft. In 2003, Australian Paul Crake completed the race in a record time of 9 min and 33 S, Mr., Crake weighed 143 lb (65 kg) , (a) How much work did Mr., Crake do in reaching the top of the building? (b) What was his average power output (in ft-lb/s and in hp)?
Suppose a car travels 108 km at a speed of 30.0 m/s, and uses 2.0 gal of gasoline. Only 30 of the gasoline goes into useful work by the force that keeps the car moving at constant speed despite friction. (The energy content of gasoline is about 140 Mi/gal.) (a) What is the magnitude of the force exerted to keep the car moving at constant speed? (b) If the required force is directly proportional to speed, how many gallons will be used to drive 108 km at a speed of 28.0 m/s?
A 60.0-kg athlete leaps straight up into the air from a trampoline with an initial speed of 9.0 m/s. The goal of this problem is to find the maximum height she attains and her speed at half maximum height. (a) What are the interacting objects and how do they interact? (b) Select the height at which the athletes speed is 9.0 m/s as y = 0. What is her kinetic energy at this point? What is the gravitational potential energy associated with the athlete? (c) What is her kinetic energy at maximum height? What is the gravitational potential energy associated with the athlete? (d) Write a general equation for energy conservation in this case and solve for the maximum height. Substitute and obtain a numerical answer. (e) Write the general equation for energy conservation and solve for the velocity at half the maximum height. Substitute and obtain a numerical answer.
(a) Can the kinetic energy of a system be negative? (b) Can the gravitational potential energy of a system be negative? Explain.
Give an example of a situation in which there is a force and a displacement, but the force does no work. Explain why it does no work.
(a) How long will it take an 850-kg car with a useful power output of 40.0 hp (1hp=746W) to reach a speed of 15.0 m/s, neglecting friction? (b) How long will this acceleration take if the car also climbs a 3.00-m-high hill in the process?