Sand from a stationary hopper falls onto a moving conveyor belt at a rate of 5.00 kg/s as shown in the figure. The conveyor belt is supported by frictionless rollers and moves at a constant speed of 0.750 m/s under the action of a constant horizontal external force $F_{e x t}$ supplied by the motor that drives the belt.

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The force of friction exerted by the belt on the sand is 3.75 N.

The external force $F_{e x t}$ is 3.75 N.

The work done by $F_{e x t}$ in 1 sec is 2.81 J.

The kinetic energy acquired by the falling sand each second due to the change in its horizontal motion is 1.41 J.

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(ABCD)
$\frac{d m}{d t} = 5 k g / s v_{C} = 0.75 m / s F_{e x t} - f = 0 F_{e x t} = f \vec{f} = \frac{m d \vec{v}}{d t} - {\vec{v}}_{r e l} \frac{d m}{d t} f \hat{i} = - (0 - v_{C} \hat{i}) \frac{d m}{d t} f = 0.75 \times 5 f = 3.75 N W = \int_{i}^{f} F_{e x t} d S = 3.75 (S) = 3.75 (v_{C} t) W = 3.75 (0.75 \times 1) = 2.81 J$
$\frac{d k}{d t} = \frac{1}{2} (\frac{d m}{d t}) v^{2} = \frac{1}{2} (5) \times {(0.75)}^{2} = 1.41 J$ .