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Power

• Consider the work that needs to be


done to bring up 40 kg of hollow
blocks to the sixth floor of a
building under construction. The
floor is about 36 m from the
ground. There are 3 ways by which
this can be done: (1) a laborer can
carry the blocks up the stairs; (2) a
pulley may be used to hoist the
blocks up; and (3) an engine-driven
construction elevator can be used.
Energy source Work done in J Time required (s) Work done per
second (J/s)
Laborer using stairs 14 400 600 24
Laborer using pulley 14 400 120 120
Engine 14 400 30 480
Power
• Power (P) is the rate at which work is done.
• In mathematical form,

but = v
therefore, P = Fv
• In the mks system of units, power is expressed
in joules per second or J/s. This is also known
as the watt (W) in honor of James Watt who
invented the steam engine in the 18th century.
• In the British system of units, power is
measured in horsepower (hp).
• 1 hp = 746 watts = 0.75 kW.
• 1 kW = 1 000 watts
Some values of output power

Flat iron – 1000 W


Dancers – 300 W

Inv. Split AC – 2.5 hp


Toaster – 800 W
Electrical power = =
Work done = (power, kW) x (time, h)
Sample Problems
1. How many joules of work is done on an object
when a force of 10 N pushes it a distance of 10
m? What is the power if the work was done in
5 s?
2. How much power is expended by a man in
moving a 500-N crate to a height of 20 meters
in 60 seconds?
3. A 600-kg object is raised to a vertical height of
20 m in 6 seconds. Find the power delivered to
it in watts.
Check your Understanding
1. Two physics students, Will N. Andable and
Ben Pumpiniron, are in the weightlifting room.
Will lifts the 100-pound barbell over his head 10
times in one minute; Ben lifts the 100-pound
barbell over his head 10 times in 10 seconds.
Which student does the most work? Which
student delivers the most power? Explain your
answers.
2. During a physics lab, Jack and Jill ran up a hill.
Jack is twice as massive as Jill; yet Jill ascends
the same distance in half the time. Who did the
most work? Who delivered the most power?
Explain your answers.
3. An escalator is used to move 20 passengers
every minute from the first floor of a
department store to the second. The second
floor is located 5.20 meters above the first floor.
The average passenger's mass is 54.9 kg.
Determine the power requirement of the
escalator in order to move this number of
passengers in this amount of time.
4. Calculate the power output in watts and
horsepower of an 80.0 kg man who climbs a
flight of stairs 3.8 m high in 4.0 s.
5. A car is traveling at a constant velocity of
100.0 km/h on the skyway. What is the power
output of the car engine if the total air
resistance and friction between road and tires is
750 N?
Problem Set
1. (a) What is the average useful power output
of a person who does 6.00 x 106 J of
useful work in 8.00 h? (b) Working at this
rate, how long will it take this person to lift
2000 kg of bricks 1.50 m to a platform?
2. A forklift lifts a crate of mass 100 kg at a
constant velocity to a height of 8 m over a time
of 4 s. Calculate how much power the forklift
exerts in lifting the crate?

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