Power
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
The power required to lift a mass of up a vertical distance of in is (taking acceleration due to gravity as ) :

An electric bulb is rated as and . When it is operated on , the power rating would be:

The ratio of powers of two motors is that are capable of raising water in minutes and water in minutes respectively from a well of deep. The value of will be

If the maximum load carried by an elevator is , which is moving up with a uniform speed of and the frictional force acting on it is , then the maximum power used by the motor is _____________

Which of the following graphs represent constant non zero power?

Found the power delivered by at . The body starts from rest.

Frictional force acting on the lift of mass is . If lift moves with constant velocity of in upward direction, the power (in ) of motor is
(Take )

A horse pulls a wagon with a force of at an angle of with the horizontal at a speed of . The power of the horse is

Star has radius surface temperature while star has radiusand surface temperature The ratio of the power of two stars,is (a) 16:1 (b) 1:16 IMP PMT 200
(d) 14
(c) 1:1

An electric heater has a rating of How much heat will it produce in 15 seconds if it is operated on a supply of Volts?

An engine lifts mass through a height of in . The rated power of the engine is, if efficiency of engine is (g = )

A force is delivering constant power of to a body. If the force is acting in the direction of the motion, then the magnitude of force, when velocity is , is

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

A force of act along the direction of motion of a body moving with a speed . The instantaneous power delivered by the force is

A force of acts on a body for and produces a displacement of m. Calculate the power

If the unit of force were , that of power were and that of time were then the unit of length would be

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

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

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

