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There are two massless springs A and B of spring constant KA and KB, respectively and KA>KB. WB and WB be denoted as work done on A and work done on B, respectively, then

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A particle is moved along a path AB-BC-CD-DE-EF-FA, as shown in figure, in presence of a force F=αyi^+2αxj^N, where x and y are in meter and α=-1N m-1. The work done on the particle by this force F will be ____ Joule.
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A point particle of mass m, moves along the uniformly rough track PQR as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction, between the particle and the rough track equals μ . The particle is released, from rest, from the point P and it comes to rest at a point R. The energies, lost by the ball, over the parts, PQ and QR, of the track, are equal to each other, and no energy is lost when particle changes direction from PQ to QR.
The values of the coefficient of friction μ and the distance x=QR , are respectively close to:

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The work done to raise a mass m from the surface of the earth to a height h, which is equal to the radius of the earth is:
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A particle of mass 10 g is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 20 m s-1. The work done by the gravitational force during the time the particle moves upward is
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A time dependent force F=6t acts on a particle of mass 1 kg. If the particle starts from the rest, the work done by the force during the first 1 sec will be:
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When a rubber string is stretched through a distance x, the restoring force developed has a magnitude px+qx2+rx3 where p, q and r are constants. Work done in stretching the unstretched rubber string by a distance l, is
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A force F=20+10y acts on a particle in y-direction where F is in Newton and y is in meter. Work done by this force to move the particle from y=0 to y=1 m is
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A force of F=(5y+20)j^ N acts on a particle. The work done by this force when the particle is moved from y=0 m to y=10 m is ________J.
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A block of mass m slides from rest at a height H on a frictionless inclined plane as shown in the figure. It travels a distance d across a rough horizontal surface with coefficient of kinetic friction μ and compresses a spring of spring constant k by a distance x  before coming to rest momentarily. Then the spring extends and the block travels back attaining a final height of h.

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Consider a drop of rain water having mass 1 g falling from a height of 1 km. It hits the ground with a speed of 50 m s-1. Take g constant with a value 10 m s-2. The work done by the (i) gravitational force and the (ii) resistive force of air is
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The work done by a force F=-5x4 i^ N in displacing a body from x=2 m to x=-2 m is
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When a rubber-band is stretched by a distance x, it exerts a restoring force of magnitude
F = ax + bx2 where a and b are constants. The work done in stretching the unstretched rubber-band by L is :
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If reaction is R and coefficient of friction μr what is the work done against friction in moving a body by distance d ?

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Consider a force F=-xi^+yj^ . The work done by this force in moving a particle from point A1,0 to B0,1 along the line segment is : (all quantities are in SI units)

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Work done in sliding a 1 kg block up a rough inclined plane of height 5 m is 100 J. Work done against the friction is g=10 m/s2:
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A force F=3x2+2x+1 acts on a body in the x-direction. The work done by this force during a displacement from x=-1 to +1 is
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A cyclist comes to a skidding stop in 10 m. During this process, the force on the cycle due to the road is 200 N and is directly opposed to the motion. How much work does the road do on the cycle?
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The work done on a particle of mass m by a force Kxx2+y23/2i^+yx2+y23/2j^ (K being a constant of appropriate dimensions, when the particle is taken from the point (a,0) to the point (0,a) along a circular path of radius a about the origin in the x-y plane is
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Two similar springs P and Q have spring constants KP and KQ, such that KP>KQ. They are stretched, first by the same amount (case a), then by the same force (case b). the work done by the springs WP and WQ are related as respectively, in case
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A block of mass m is kept on a platform which starts from rest with a constant acceleration g2 upwards, as shown in the figure. Work done by normal reaction on block in time t is,

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