An object with a mass of 4 kg4kg is pushed along a linear path with a kinetic friction coefficient of u_k(x)= 5+tanx uk(x)=5+tanx. How much work would it take to move the object over x in [(-5pi)/12, (pi)/4]x[5π12,π4], where x is in meters?

1 Answer
May 6, 2017

As we know that work = int_(x_1)^(x_2) vecF.vec (dx)=x2x1F.dx
Here F=4xx10xx (5+tanx)=40xx(5+tanx)F=4×10×(5+tanx)=40×(5+tanx)
:.W=int_-((5pi)/12)^(pi/4)40(5+ tanx)dx
=200xx(pi/4-(-(5pi)/12))+40[lnsec (pi/4)-lnsec (-(5pi)/12)]
Now simplify it...