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The difference between Work Energy Diagram and Integral of Force equaling Work

Physics Asked by a23 on July 20, 2021

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Answers I have so far:

a) 2 m/s
b-i) 50(1.5t^2+2)^2
b-ii) 300t
b-iii) 450t^3+600t

For c), I used Work is equal to the integral of Force from t=0 to t=2 and got 600J
However, the answer key used W=change in kinetic energy and got 3000J. I was wondering why the answer is different and why the answer key used the change in kinetic energy instead of the integral of force.

Thank you very much

One Answer

You have to pay careful attention to the definitions. Work is the integral of the force over the displacement, not the time. These are different. If you want to solve this by integrating the force, you'd have to calculate $$W = int_{x(0)}^{x(2)} F(x),mathrm{d}x$$ and not $int F(t),mathrm{d}t$. However, we can use a substitution to change one integral into the other: $$W = int_{x(0)}^{x(2)} F(x),mathrm{d}x = int_0^2 F(t),frac{mathrm{d}x}{mathrm{d}t} ,mathrm{d}t =int_0^2 F(t),v(t),mathrm{d}t$$ The rest should be no problem for you.

Answered by noah on July 20, 2021

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