Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 247: 43

Answer

$-57MJ$

Work Step by Step

The work done by the non-conservative forces can be determined as $W_{nc}=E_f-E_i$ $\implies W_{nc}=\frac{1}{2}mv_f^2-\frac{1}{2}mv_i^2$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $W_{nc}=0-\frac{1}{2}(17,000)(82)$ $W_{nc}=-5.7\times 10^7J=-57MJ$
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