Answer to Question #168930 in Physics for Froilan

Question #168930

Suppose a 350-g kookaburra (a large kingfisher bird) picks up a 75-g snake and raises it 2.5 m from the ground to a branch.

(a) How much work did the bird do on the snake?

(b) How much work did it do to raise its own center of mass to the branch?

Expert's answer

(a)

W_s=F_sh=m_sgh=0.075\ kg\cdot9.8\ \dfrac{m}{s^2}\cdot2.5\ m=1.84\ J.

(b)

W_b=F_bh=m_bgh=0.35\ kg\cdot9.8\ \dfrac{m}{s^2}\cdot2.5\ m=8.6\ J.

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