Problem 6.10: A mass is lifted by a string
Animation 1 | Animation 2 | Animation 3 | Animation 4 | Animation 5 | Animation 6
Please wait for the animation to completely load.
A 10-kg mass is attached via a massless string over a massless pulley to a hand (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds). The masses in each animation are identical. Restart.
- Rank the animations according to the work done on the mass by gravity, from greatest to least.
- Rank the animations according to the work done on the mass by the tension in the string, from greatest to least.
- Rank the animations according to the total amount of work done on the mass, from greatest to least.
Indicate ties by placing the animation numbers in () please. For example, a suitable response could be: 1,2,(3,4),5,6.
- Calculate the work done on the mass by gravity during each of the animations.
- Calculate the work done on the mass by the tension in the string during each of the animations.
- Calculate the total amount of work done on the mass during each of the animations.
Note: For this Problem, the mouse-down for coordinates has been disabled.
Physlets were developed at Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS system developed at St. Olaf College.
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