MATH 152: Calculus 2, SET8

6: Applications of Integration

6.4: Work
1. [458/3]

W = int(5/x^2, x, 1, 10)

W =

W_appx = double(W) % ft-lb

W_appx = 4.5000

2. [459/6]

a = 4; b = 20; n = 4; h = (b-a)/n

h = 4

W_appx = h*sum([5.8 8.8 8.2 5.2]) % J

W_appx = 112

3. [459/7]

% Hooke's law: F = k*x, F in lb, x in ft

syms k x
k = solve(10 == k * (4/12), k)

k =

W = int(k*x, x, 0, 6/12) % ft-lb

W =

W_appx = double(W)

W_appx = 3.7500

4. [459/9]

% Hooke's law: F = k*x, F in N, x in m, work in J

syms k x
k = solve(2 == int(k*x, x, 0, 0.12))

k =

% part (a)
W = int(k*x, x, 0.05, 0.10) % J

W =

W_appx = double(W)

W_appx = 1.0417

% part (b)
x = solve(30 == k*x, x)

x =

x_appx = double(x) % 0.1080 m or 10.8 cm

x_appx = 0.1080

5. [459/12]

syms k x x0
eq1 = 6 == int(k*x, x, 0.10-x0, 0.12-x0)

eq1 =

eq2 = 10 == int(k*x, x, 0.12-x0, 0.14-x0)

eq2 =

[k x0] = solve([eq1 eq2], [k x0])

k =
x0 =

x0_appx = double(x0) % 0.08 m or 8 cm

x0_appx = 0.0800

6. [459/15]

syms x
work_coal = 800*500 % ft-lb

work_coal = 400000

work_cable = int(2*x, x, 0, 500) % ft-lb

work_cable =

total_work = work_coal + work_cable % ft-lb

total_work =

7. [459/20]
A circular layer of water has an area of . Its thickness is dz.
The volume of the layer is .
Its weight is , where is the weight density of water.

The work required to lift the layer is .

The topmost layer of water must be lifted 1 ft over the top rim of the pool, whereas the layer at the bottom must be lifted 5 ft. Therefore, the work required to empty the swimming
pool of water is specified below.

syms z
W = int(144 * 62.5 * pi * z, z, 1, 5) % in ft-lb

W =

format bank
W_appx = double(W)

W_appx = 339292.01

format short

8. [459/23]
Put the center of the coordindate system at the bottom vertex of the triangular end that contains the spout. The positive y-axis starts at the vertex and goes vertically upward. Use similar
triangles.

A level rectangular layer of water at level y has area .

The volume of the layer is .
Its weight in N (newtons) is , where is the mass density of water and is the acceleration due to gravity.

The work required to lift the layer to the top of the spout is . Therefore, the work required to pump the water out of the tank through the spout is
specfied below.

syms y
W = int(8*1000*9.8*y*(5-y), y, 0, 3) % in J (joules)

W =

W_appx = double(W) % approximately 1.06 x 10^6 J

W_appx = 1058400

9. [459/24]
From Physics, imagine the entire weight of the water in the spherical tank concentrated at is center, the center of mass (CM). Move the CM 4 m upward to get the total work done!

4 * 4/3*pi*3^3 * 1000*9.8 % J

ans = 4.4334e+06

10. [460/28]
Put the center of the coordindate system at the center of the spherical tank. The positive y-axis goes vertically upward (to the "North Pole"), whereas the positive x-axis goes rightward (to
the "Equator").

A circular layer of water at level y has area .

The volume of the layer is .
Its weight in N (newtons) is , where is the mass density of oil and is the acceleration due to gravity.

The work required to lift the layer to top of the spout is .Therefore, the work required to pump the water out of the tank through the spout is specfied
below.

W = int(pi*900*9.8*(9-y^2)*(4-y), y, -3, 0) % in J (joules)

W =

W_appx = double(W) % approximately 2.56 x 10^6 J

W_appx = 2.5561e+06