Power

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Power: Overview

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

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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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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_____is the rate of doing work or the rate of transfer of energy.

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Watt is the unit of _____.

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Formula for power is _____.

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_____is the amount of energy consumed when an electric appliance having a power rating of 1 Kilowatt is used for 1 hour. 

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

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

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Horsepower is the unit of _____

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what is the relation between horsepower and watt?

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_____ is a scalar quantity as it has only magnitude and no direction.

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Work done is _____when the applied force acts opposite to the direction of displacement.

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_____ is the rate of doing work or work done per unit time.