A bicyclist comes to a skidding stop in 10 m. During this process, the force on the bicycle due to the road is 200 N and is directly opposed
to the motion. The work done by the cycle on the road is
(a) +2000 J
(b) -200 J
(c) zero
(d) -20,000 J
(c) As the friction is present in fhis problem, so mechanical energy is not conserved. So energy will be lost due to dissipation by friction.^Here,
work is done by the frictional force on the cycle and is equal to __
200 x 10 = -2000 J
As the road does not move at all, therefore, work done by the cycle on the road is zero.
Important point: We should be aware that here the energy of bicyclist is lost during the motion, but it is lost due to friction in the form of heat.
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