JustAPlainPerso
Feb 23, 2013, 02:26 PM
A smooth 0.165kg hockey puck slides along a smooth floor at an initial speed of 1.0m/s and stops in a distance of 2.26m find the work done by the normal force that the floor exerts upward on the puck. Calculate the work done by friction.
So I found that the work done should be zero since the force of gravity and the force of normal (which is the only force acting on it) is perpendicular to the displacement of the puck (since the puck is sliding on a smooth floor).
What I'm having trouble with is finding the work done by friction. This is a smooth floor which should mean there is no friction at all. If anybody can give a nice push into the correct direction I would be forever grateful.
So I found that the work done should be zero since the force of gravity and the force of normal (which is the only force acting on it) is perpendicular to the displacement of the puck (since the puck is sliding on a smooth floor).
What I'm having trouble with is finding the work done by friction. This is a smooth floor which should mean there is no friction at all. If anybody can give a nice push into the correct direction I would be forever grateful.