Power

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Power: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Power, Horse Power, Average Power, Instantaneous Power and, Power Due to Constant Force

Important Questions on Power

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The power required to lift a mass of 8.0 kg up a vertical distance of 4 m in 2 s is (taking acceleration due to gravity as 10 m/s2) :

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An electric bulb is rated as 220 V and 80 W. When it is operated on 110 V, the power rating would be:

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The ratio of powers of two motors is 3xx+1, that are capable of raising 300 kg water in 5 minutes and 50 kg water in 2 minutes respectively from a well of 100 m deep. The value of x will be

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Which of the following graphs represent constant non zero power?

 

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Star A has radius r surface temperature T while star B has radius 4r and surface temperature T2 The ratio of the power of two stars, PA: PB is (a) 16:1 (b) 1:16 IMP PMT 200
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(c) 1:1

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An engine lifts 400 kg mass through a height of 100 m in 20 s. The rated power of the engine is, if efficiency of engine is 80% (g = 10 ms-2

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A force is delivering constant power of 20 W to a body. If the force is acting in the direction of the motion, then the magnitude of force, when velocity is 10 m/s, is 

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A car of mass m is moving along a circular track of radius r with a speed that increases linearly with time t as v=kt , where k is a constant. The instantaneous power delivered by the agent applying the force is  

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A force of 20 N act along the direction of motion of a body moving with a speed  5 ms-1. The instantaneous power delivered by the force is 

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A force of 3i^+4j^+5k^  N acts on a body for 2 s and produces a displacement of 2i^+3j^+2k^ m. Calculate the power

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If the unit of force were 10 N, that of power were 1 MW and that of time were 1 millisecond then the unit of length would be

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A block of mass M is allowed to slide down a fixed smooth inclined plane of angle θ and length l. What is the power developed by the force of gravity when the block reaches the bottom?

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A car of mass m is moving along a circular track of radius r with a speed which increases linearly with time t as v=kt, where k is a constant. The instantaneous power delivered by agent applying the force is

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Force acting on a particle varies with the distance travelled by the particle as F1x13 then power due to this force varies with x as :

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Dot product F.v is equal to:

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If the blocks shown in the figure are released from rest, what is the power delivered by the tension in the string to the 2 kg block in first 2 s?

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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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A motor is used to lift water from a well of depth 10 m and to fill a water tank of volume 30 m3 in 10 minutes. The tank is at a height of 20 m above ground. If 20% of energy is wasted, the power of the motor is (in kW)

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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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One horsepower is equal to 200 watt.