Tuesday, September 20, 2011

4.15

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4.15 use the relationship between power, work done (energy transferred) and time taken:

          power = work done            P = Wd

                       time taken                    t

P = Wd / t
P = E / t

P = Power (Watts, W)
Wd = Work Done (Joules, J)
E = Energy Transferred (Joules, J)
t = Time (s)

4.14 Entrance Activity Answers

Tell the person next to you...
·         You can run up the stairs in the Science block in 30 seconds.
·         Mr. Roff can run up the stairs in the Science block in 20 seconds.
·         Who is the most powerful?  Why?
·         Mr Roff.  He does more work running up the stairs (because has a higher weight) in a shorted time so he is more powerful

 

·         It takes 2 minutes to fill the 20 litre sinks in this room with water. 
·         How fast is the sink filling?
·         10 litres/min
·         At what rate is the sink filling?
·         10 litres/min
·         How long would it take to fill a 10 litre sink?
·         1 min

Power Questions

PFY p.120

f) Power is the rate of doing work
Power (in Watts) = work done (in joules) / time (in seconds)

g) 1 watt is a rate of working of one joule per second

13) A girl does 1000 joules of work in 5 seconds. What power does she develop?
P = Wd/t
P = 1000/5
P = 200 W

14) A man lifts a weight of 300N through a vertical height of 2 m in 6 seconds. What power does he develop?
Wd = F x d
Wd = 300 x 2
Wd = 600J

P = Wd/t
P = 600/6
P = 100 W

16) A crane lifts a load of 3000N through a vertical height of 10 m in 4 seconds. What is its rate of working ina) Watts
Wd = F x d
Wd = 3000 x 10
Wd = 30,000J

P = Wd/t
P = 30,000 / 4
P = 7,500 W

b) Kilowatts
7,500 / 1000 = 7.5 kW

Wednesday, September 14, 2011