A heavy rope, 30 ft long, weighs 0.4 lb/ft and hangs over the edge of a building 80 ft high. Approximate the required work by a Riemann sum, then express the work as an integral and evaluate it.How much work W is done in pulling half the rope to the top of the building

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Answer:

180 fb*lb

45 ft*lb

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that the work is equal to:

W = F * d

but when the force is constant and in this case, it is changing.

 therefore it would be:

[tex]W = \int\limits^b_ a {F(x)} \, dx[/tex]

Where a = 0 and b = 30.

F (x) = 0.4 * x

Therefore, we replace and we would be left with:

[tex]W = \int\limits^b_a {0.4*x} \, dx[/tex]

We integrate and we have:

W = 0.4 / 2 * x ^ 2

W = 0.2 * (x ^ 2) from 0 to 30, we replace:

W = 0.2 * (30 ^ 2) - 0.2 * (0 ^ 2)

W = 180 ft * lb

Now in the second part it is the same, but the integral would be from 0 to 15.

we replace:

W = 0.2 * (15 ^ 2) - 0.2 * (0 ^ 2)

W = 45 ft * lb

Following are the calculation to the given value:

Given:

[tex]length= 30 \ ft\\\\mass= 0.4 \ \frac{lb}{ft}\\\\edge= 80 \ ft \\\\[/tex]

To find:

work=?

Solution:

Using formula:

[tex]\to W=fd[/tex]

[tex]\to W=\int^{30}_{0} 0.4 \ x\ dx\\\\[/tex]

[tex]= [0.4 \ \frac{x^2}{2}]^{30}_{0} \\\\= [\frac{4}{10} \times \frac{x^2}{2}]^{30}_{0} \\\\= [\frac{2}{10} \times x^2]^{30}_{0} \\\\= [\frac{1}{5} \times x^2]^{30}_{0} \\\\= [\frac{x^2}{5}]^{30}_{0} \\\\= [\frac{30^2}{5}- 0] \\\\= [\frac{900}{5}] \\\\=180[/tex]

Therefore, the final answer is "[tex]180\ \frac{ lb}{ft}[/tex]".

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