A block of 5 kgs is kept rest on ground (of course of earth). Then a force of 100 Newtons is applied vertically from downward on it , so that the block starts moving upwards. If the force is applied for 10 seconds , and then withdrawn , find the maximum height (of course from ground) that the block reaches.Give your answer in meters.
Assume gravitational acceleration .
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The force exerted by the object on the ground = m g = 5 × 1 0 = 5 0 N .The force that the block is exerted from downwards = 1 0 0 N .Hence we have :
F n e t = 1 0 0 − 5 0 = 5 0 N ( u p w a r d s )
Since F = m . a 1 we have :
a 1 = m F n e t = 5 5 0 ⇒ a 1 = 1 0 m . s − 2
By Kinematic equation we have:
s 1 = u 1 t 1 + 2 1 a 1 t 1 2 ⇒ s 1 = ( 0 ) ( 1 0 ) + 2 1 ( 1 0 ) ( 1 0 ) 2 ⇒ s 1 = 5 0 0 m
Now the upward acceleration of the block stops but it still continues to move due to the Law of Inertia.Hence we must calculate the velocity of the block at the instant where the acceleration stops.Denote it by v .Note that we will use this v as u 2 of second part.
So by Kinematic Equation we have:
v = u 1 + a 1 t 1 ⇒ v = 0 + ( 1 0 ) ( 1 0 ) ⇒ v = 1 0 0 m . s − 1
Again by Kinematic equation we have:
v 2 2 = u 2 2 − 2 . ( a 2 ) . ( s 2 ) ⇒ 0 = 1 0 0 2 − 2 ( 1 0 ) s 2 ⇒ s 2 = 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 ⇒ s 2 = 5 0 0 m
Hence , the total height reached by the block is :
s 1 + s 2 = 5 0 0 m + 5 0 0 m = 1 0 0 0 m