Work and Energy

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A toy car is set up on a frictionless track containing a downward sloping ramp and a vertically oriented loop. Assume the ramp is tall. The car starts at the top of the ramp at rest.

What additional piece of information is necessary to calculate the maximum height of the loop if the car is to complete the loop and continue out the other side?

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How far can a person jump while running at and a vertical velocity of ?

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A toy car is set up on a frictionless track containing a downward sloping ramp and a vertically oriented loop. Assume the ramp is tall. The car starts at the top of the ramp at rest.

What additional piece of information is necessary to calculate the maximum height of the loop if the car is to complete the loop and continue out the other side?

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How far can a person jump while running at and a vertical velocity of ?

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If an object has a kinetic energy of right after it is launched in the air, and it has KE at its max height of , what is the object's mass?

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If an object has a kinetic energy of right after it is launched in the air, and it has KE at its max height of , what is the object's mass?

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A car traveling at has a kinetic energy . If the car accelerates to , what will the new kinetic energy be?

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A car traveling at has a kinetic energy . If the car accelerates to , what will the new kinetic energy be?

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An elevator is designed to hold of cargo. The designers want the elevator to be able to go from the ground floor to the top of a tall building in . What is the minimum amount of power that must be delivered to the motor at the top of the shaft? Assume no friction and that the elevator itself has a negligible weight.

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An elevator is designed to hold of cargo. The designers want the elevator to be able to go from the ground floor to the top of a tall building in . What is the minimum amount of power that must be delivered to the motor at the top of the shaft? Assume no friction and that the elevator itself has a negligible weight.

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