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A bucket of water 50 kg is raised from a depth of 100m to the ground by a rope. The mass of the rope is 1 kg per meter. What is work done.

Answer»

It can be DONE in two ways.

Given BUCKET of water = 50 kg, depth = 10 m, mass = 1 kg/ m

Weight of bucket = 50 x 9.8 x 10 (work done in lifting)

          = 4900 J

Mass of rope 10 x 1 kg = 10 kg and wt of rope = 10 x 9.8 = 98 N

Work done in raising the bucket  = 98 x 10 = 980 J

Total work done = 4900 + 980 = 5880 J

OR

Mass = 1 x L kg

Since depth of well is 10 m L = 10 m

 So mass = 1 x 10 = 10 kg

Mass of water raised M = 50 kg

Work done in raising + bucket filled water

  W = (mass of rope + mass of water raised) x g x height

W = (10 + 50)(9.8)(10)

W = 5880 J



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