Understanding Work - AP Physics B
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A 
ball starts rolling up a 
incline at speed of 
. Using conservation of energy, find out how much work gravity does on the ball when it travels from the bottom to the maximum height.
A
The energies involved in this problem are kinetic and potential energy. Conservation of energy shows that the initial energies will be equal to the final energies.
Choosing the bottom of the incline to be the zero height, the ball starts out with kinetic energy and zero potential energy. When the ball reaches maximum height, its velocity is zero (zero kinetic energy). This simplifies our energy equation.
Isolate the height variable and use the given values to solve for the maximum height.
This is the vertical height. The work done by gravity is calculated as the product for force and distance.
The minus sign indicates that the force of gravity acts downward (negative direction).
The energies involved in this problem are kinetic and potential energy. Conservation of energy shows that the initial energies will be equal to the final energies.
Choosing the bottom of the incline to be the zero height, the ball starts out with kinetic energy and zero potential energy. When the ball reaches maximum height, its velocity is zero (zero kinetic energy). This simplifies our energy equation.
Isolate the height variable and use the given values to solve for the maximum height.
This is the vertical height. The work done by gravity is calculated as the product for force and distance.
The minus sign indicates that the force of gravity acts downward (negative direction).
Compare your answer with the correct one above
A ball starts rolling up a incline at speed of . Using conservation of energy, find out how much work gravity does on the ball when it travels from the bottom to the maximum height.
A
The energies involved in this problem are kinetic and potential energy. Conservation of energy shows that the initial energies will be equal to the final energies.
Choosing the bottom of the incline to be the zero height, the ball starts out with kinetic energy and zero potential energy. When the ball reaches maximum height, its velocity is zero (zero kinetic energy). This simplifies our energy equation.
Isolate the height variable and use the given values to solve for the maximum height.
This is the vertical height. The work done by gravity is calculated as the product for force and distance.
The minus sign indicates that the force of gravity acts downward (negative direction).
The energies involved in this problem are kinetic and potential energy. Conservation of energy shows that the initial energies will be equal to the final energies.
Choosing the bottom of the incline to be the zero height, the ball starts out with kinetic energy and zero potential energy. When the ball reaches maximum height, its velocity is zero (zero kinetic energy). This simplifies our energy equation.
Isolate the height variable and use the given values to solve for the maximum height.
This is the vertical height. The work done by gravity is calculated as the product for force and distance.
The minus sign indicates that the force of gravity acts downward (negative direction).
Compare your answer with the correct one above