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Bingel
3 months ago
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Consider a 4-mg raindrop that falls from a cloud at a height of 2 km. When the raindrop reaches the ground, it won't kill you or

even bruise you because its terminal velocity is just 10 m/s. Calculate the work done by the air resistance on the raindrop over the course of its fall to the ground. Make sure you report your answer with the correct sign. Again, assume that the falling raindrop maintains its shape so that no energy is lost to the deformation of the droplet
Physics
1 answer:
inna [3.1K]3 months ago
5 0

Answer:

The work performed by air resistance totals -0.0782 J

Explanation:

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According to the principle of conservation of energy, the energy of a raindrop must remain constant.

At the outset, the raindrop possesses only gravitational potential energy:

PE = m · g · h

Where:

PE = potential energy.

m = mass of the raindrop.

g = gravitational acceleration (9.8 m/s²)

h = height.

Let's determine the initial potential energy of the raindrop:

(4 mg should be converted into kg: 4 mg · 1 kg / 1 × 10⁶ mg = 4 × 10⁻⁶ kg)

PE = 4 × 10⁻⁶ kg · 9.8 m/s² · 2000 m

PE = 0.0784 J

As the raindrop descends, some of its potential energy converts into kinetic energy while the rest is lost to the air resistance. Upon reaching the ground, all initial potential energy has been either turned into kinetic energy or spent overcoming air resistance:

initial PE = final KE + Work by air

Where:

KE = kinetic energy.

Work by air = work done by air resistance.

The kinetic energy at ground level is computed as follows:

KE = 1/2 · m · v²

Where:

m = mass

v = velocity

<pThus:

KE = 1/2 · 4 × 10⁻⁶ kg · (10 m/s)²

KE = 2 × 10⁻⁴ J

Now, we can find the work done by air resistance:

initial PE = final KE + Work by air

0.0784 J = 2 × 10⁻⁴ J + Work by air

Work by air = 0.0784 J - 2 × 10⁻⁴ J

Work by air = 0.0782 J

Since work is performed in the opposite direction to movement, this results in a negative value. Therefore, the work done by air resistance is -0.0782 J.

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