Gravitational Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy
 

Gravitational Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy problem 23


A body of mass rotates along a circle with radius on a plane inclined by an angle with respect to the horizontal (see the figure below). At point A, the tension in the rope is .


  • What is the velocity of the body at point A?

  • What is the kinetic energy of the body at point A?

  • What is the potential energy of the body at point A, assuming that the potential energy of the body at point B is zero?

  • On the path from point A to point B, the work done by frictional force . What is the kinetic energy of the body at point B?

  • What is the velocity of the body at point B?

  • What is the tension in the rope at point B?


Body on an inclined plane


 

material editor: Ebenezer Famadewa