Power

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Power: Overview

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

Important Questions on Power

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Water falls down a 500.0 m shaft to reach a turbine which generates electricity. How much water must fall per second in order to generate 1.00×109 watts of power ? (Assume 50% efficiency of conversion and g=10 m s-1)

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A girl of mass 50 kg swinging on a cradle. If she moves with a velocity of 2 m s-1 upwards in a direction making an angle 60° with the vertical, then the power generated is g=9.8 m s-2

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A body is initially at rest. It undergoes one-dimensional motion with constant acceleration. The power delivered to it at time t is proportional to:

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An engine develops 10 kW of power. The time it will take in lifting a mass of  200 kg to a height of 40 m. (g=10 m/s2) is:

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Water falls from a height of  60 m at the rate of  15 kg/s to operate a turbine. The losses due to frictional forces are 10%  of energy. How much power is generated by the turbine? (g=10 m/s2).

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A tube-well pumps out 2400 kg of water per minute. If the water is coming out with a velocity of 3 m s-1, then the power of the pump is

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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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A box is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering constant power. The distance traversed by the body in time t is proportional to

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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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A particle of mass M is moving in a circle of fixed radius R in such a way that its centripetal acceleration at time t is given by n2Rt2 where n is a constant. The power delivered to the particle by the force acting on it is:

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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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An elevator of mass 500 kg is to be lifted up at a constant velocity of 0.4 m s-1. What should be the minimum horse power of the motor to be used? (Take g=10 m s-2 and 1 hp=750 watts ):-

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Velocity of a body of mass 2 kg moving in xy plane is given by v=2i^+4tj^ m s-1, where t is the time in second. The power delivered to the body by the resultant force acting on it at t=5 s is

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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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A particle is projected at t=0 from a point on the ground with certain velocity at an angle with the horizontal. The power of gravitation force is plotted against time. Which of the following is the best representation?

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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 ?