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Work Done in Lifting a Bucket

Work Done in Lifting a Bucket

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Physics

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains how to calculate the work done in lifting a bucket filled with sand using a rope to the top of a building. It covers the concepts of force and work, deriving expressions for the changing mass of the bucket and rope, and simplifying the force function. The tutorial concludes by evaluating the integral to find the total work done, which is 5233.2 joules.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial mass of the bucket when filled with sand?

19 kg

25 kg

35 kg

30 kg

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the mass of the bucket change as it is lifted?

It remains constant.

It increases due to added sand.

It decreases due to sand leakage.

It increases due to added rope.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the acceleration due to gravity used in the calculations?

9.8 m/s²

10 m/s²

8.9 m/s²

9.5 m/s²

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much mass does the bucket lose per meter due to sand leakage?

0.65 kg

0.5 kg

0.55 kg

0.6 kg

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial mass of the rope used to lift the bucket?

4.2 kg

3.2 kg

5.2 kg

6.2 kg

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the expression for the mass of the rope as it is lifted?

4.2 + 0.2x

4.2 + 0.1x

4.2 - 0.2x

4.2 - 0.1x

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the simplified expression for the force function?

335.16 - 7.35x

340.16 - 7.35x

340.16 + 7.35x

335.16 + 7.35x

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