Section 6.4 – Work
- Using integration to calculate work
- Using Hooke’s Law to find the work done when stretching a spring and other application problems involving work and springs
- Finding the work done lifting a rope with a weight at the end
- Finding the work to pump water out of a tank
In addition to the videos below, you can see the page for this same section from Math 152. Note 152 and 172 are similar, but different courses.
Section 6.4 from MATH 152
Calculating Work Using Integrals: MATH 172 Problems 4 & 5
Using integrals to calculate work done in physics examples
Work and Average Value: MATH 152 Problems 1-9
Using integrals to solve work problems and find the average value