A 10 kg brick moves along an -axis. Its acceleration as a function of its position is shown in figure. What is the net work performed on the brick by the force causing the acceleration as the brick moves from to m?
A 10 kg brick moves along an -axis. Its acceleration as a function of its position is shown in figure. What is the net work performed on the brick by the force causing the acceleration as the brick moves from to m?
According to the graph the acceleration varies linearly with the coordinate . We may write , where is the slope of the graph. From the graph The force on the brick is in the positive -direction and according to Newton’s second law, its magnitude is given by If is the final coordinate, the work done by the force is |