Answer to Question #106822 in Mechanics | Relativity for paul

Question

A student wearing frictionless roller skates on a horizontal surface is pushed by a friend with a constant force of 50.0 N. How FAR must the student be pushed, starting from rest, so that her final kinetic energy is 350 J?

Answer 1

The change of energy is equal to work done

$$K_f-K_i=W=Fd$$

Hence, the distance

$$d=\frac{K_f-K_i}{F}=\frac{350-0}{50.0}=7\:\rm m$$