Power

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Power: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Power, Average Power, Instantaneous Power, Power Due to Constant Force & Power Due to Variable Force etc.

Important Questions on Power

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A bus of mass 5 metric tonne is pulled at a speed of 18 km h-1 on a smooth inclination 1 in 10. Power of the engine is

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The power output from a certain experimental car which is designed in shape like a cube is proportional to the mass m of the car. The force of air friction on the car is proportional to Av2, where v is the speed of the car and A the cross sectional area. On a level surface the car has a maximum speed vmax. Assuming that all geometrically similar versions of this design have the same density, then which of the following is true?

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What will be the power delivered by all the forces acting on the bob of a pendulum when it is making angle 30° with the verticle? If it is released from a position where it makes an angle 60° with the verticle from rest. The mass of the bob is 1 kg and length is 1 m. (g=10 m s-2)

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An engine pumps up 1000 kg of coal from a mine 100 m deep in 0.5 sec. The pump is running with diesel and efficiency of diesel engine is 25%. Then its power consumption will be g=10 m sec-2

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A block of mass m slides along the horizontal track with kinetic friction μ. A man pulls the block through a light rope which makes an angle θ with the horizontal as shown in the figure. The tension in the light rope is T as shown. The block moves with constant speed v. Power delivered by the man to the block is 

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A force F=(3i^+4j^) N acts on a 2 kg movable object that moves from an initial position di=(3i^-2j^) m to a final position df=(5i^+4j^) m in 6 s. The average power delivered by the force during the interval is equal to

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An elevator can carry a maximum load of 1000 kg is moving up with a constant speed of 2 m s-1. The frictional force opposing the motion is 2000 N. The minimum power delivered by the motor to the elevator is (Assuming g=10 m s-2)

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The position (x) of a body moving along x-axis at time (t) is given by x=3t2,where x is in metre and t is in second. If mass of body is 2 kg, then find the instantaneous power delivered to body by force acting on it at t=4 s :-

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Which one of the following is not the unit of energy?

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what is the relation between horsepower and watt?

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How are Joule (J) and ergs (erg) related?

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How much energy does a 100w electric bulb produce in 1 min?

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A block of mass m slides along the track with kinetic friction μ. A man pulls the block through a rope which makes an angle θ with the horizontal as shown in the figure. The block moves with constant speed v. Power delivered by man is

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What is the power of the engine if it changes the velocity of a  2.05×106 Kg train from 5 m s-1 to 25 m s-1 in 5 minutes ?

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What is the force acting on the particle ? if the kinetic energy K of a particle moving in a straight line depends on the distance s as K = as2

(where a is a constant)

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what is the instantaneous power applied to the particle? if the particle moves with a velocity 5i^-3j^+6k^m s-1 under the influence of a constant force F=10i^-10j^+20k^N.

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A particle is moving with a velocity 6i^-4j^+3k^ m s-1 under the influence of a constant force F=20i^+15j^-5k^ N. What will be the instantaneous power applied to the particle.

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What is the approximate power delivered to the turbine if water is falling from a height of 100 m at the rate of 100 kg s-1g=10 m s-2

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Weight of a person is 800 N. If he runs 4 m on a vertical ladder in 2 s then he needs a power of

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The force required to row a boat over the sea is proportional to the square of the speed of the boat. It is found that it takes 24 hp to row a certain boat at a speed of 8 km hr-1, the horsepower required when speed is doubled