The rod AB, of length 1 m, shown in the figure is connected to two sliders at each end through pins. The sliders can slide along QP and QR. If the velocity V_A of the slider at A is 2 m/s, the velocity of the midpoint of the rod at this instant is ___________ m/s.

The system shown in the figure consists of block A of mass 5 kg connected to a spring through a massless rope passing over pulley B of radius r and mass 20 kg. The spring constant k is 1500 N/m. If there is no slipping of the rope over the pulley, the natural frequency of the system is_____________ rad/s.

The internal energy of an ideal gas is a function of

A piston-cylinder device initially contains $$0.4\,{m^3}$$ of air (to be treated as an ideal gas) at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ and $${80^ \circ }C.$$ The air is now isothermally compressed to 0.1 m3 . The work done during this process is ________ $$kJ.$$

(Take the sign convention such that work done on the system is negative)