A cart loaded with bricks has a total mass of 28.3 kg and is pulled at constant speed by a rope. The rope is inclined at 23.1◦ above the horizontal and the cart moves 28.7 m on a horizontal floor. The coefficient of kinetic friction between ground and cart is 0.2. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2. How much work is done on the cart by the rope? Answer in units of kJ

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

mass  of cart with bricks [tex]m=28.3\ kg[/tex]

inclination [tex]\theta =23.1^{\circ}[/tex]

distance moved [tex]s=28.7\ m[/tex]

coefficient of kinetic friction [tex]\mu _k=0.2[/tex]

it is given that cart is moving with constant velocity so net force on it is Zero

if T is the tension in rope

Net normal Reaction

[tex]N=mg-T\sin \theta [/tex]

Friction force [tex]f_r=\mu _k\cdot N[/tex]

[tex]f_r=\mu _k(mg-T\sin \theta )[/tex]

Horizontal force [tex]=T\cos \theta [/tex]

therefore    

[tex]T\cos \theta =\mu _k(mg-T\sin \theta )[/tex]

[tex]T=\frac{\mu _kmg}{\cos \theta +\mu_k\sin \theta }[/tex]

[tex]T=\frac{55.468}{0.9982}[/tex]

[tex]T=55.56\ N[/tex]

work done [tex]W=T\cos \theta \cdot s[/tex]

[tex]W=55.56\cos (23.1)\cdot 28.7[/tex]

[tex]W=1466.93\ J[/tex]