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Important Questions on Work, Energy and Power

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If the engine of a train of mass 2.05×106 kg requires a duration of 7 minutes for changing its velocity from 5 m·s-1 to 25 m·s-1, find the power of the engine.
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Water is pumped steadily out of a flooded basement, at the speed of 10 m s-1 through a hose (tube) of radius, 1 cm, passing through a window, 3 m above the water level. The power of the pump is (Assume g=10 m s-2, density of water =1000 kg m-3)
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A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute. Each bullet travels with velocity of 500 m s-1. If the power of the machine gun is 4.5 kW then the mass of each bullet is:
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A machine gun fires five bullets per second into a target. The mass of each bullet is 5 gm. If the average force required to hold the gun in position is 12.5 N, then what is the speed (S in m s-1 ) of each bullet & what is the power ( P in kW ) delivered to each bullet?
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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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A quarter horse power motor runs at a speed of 600 rpm. Assuming 60% efficiency, the work done by the motor in one rotation is
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An engine develops 20 kW of power. How much time will it take to lift a mass of 200 kg to a height of 40 m? g=10 m s-2
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A particle of mass m is moving in a circular path of constant radius r such that its centripetal acceleration ac is varying with time t as ac=k2rt2 , where k is a constant. The power delivered to the particle by the force acting on it is -
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A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to v1 in the time t1. The instantaneous power delivered to the body as a function of time
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A constant power delivering machine has towed a box, which was initially at rest, along a horizontal straight line. The distance moved by the box in time t is proportional to :-
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A car of mass ' m=1500 kg ' starts from rest and accelerates such that its instantaneous velocity is proportional to t, where t is time in seconds. What should be the instantaneous power delivered to the car if its instantaneous velocity is 20 m s-1 after 10 seconds.
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The heart of a man pumps 5 litres of blood through the arteries per minute at a pressure of 150 mm of mercury. If the density of mercury be 13.6×103 kg m-3 and g=10 m s-2, then the power of heart in watt is:
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Water falls from a 40 m high dam at the rate of 9×104 kg per hour. Fifty percentage of gravitational potential energy can be converted into electrical energy. Using this hydro electric energy number of 100 W lamps, that can be lit, is
(Take g=10 m s-2)
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A water pump rated 600 W, has an efficiency of 95%. If it is used to raise water through vertical distance of 60 m. The volume of water drawn in 20 minutes, is [Use density of water =1000 kg m-3, g=10 m/s2]
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The energy that will be ideally radiated by a 100 kW transmitter in 1 hour is
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A body is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering constant power. The distance moved by the body in time 't' is proportional to
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A body of mass 2 kg is driven by an engine delivering a constant power of 1 J s-1. the body starts from rest and moves in a straight line. After 9 s, the body has moved a distance (in m)….
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A body at rest is moved along a horizontal straight line by a machine delivering a constant power. The distance moved by the body in time t is proportional to:

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A body of mass 1 kg begins to move from rest under the action of a time dependent force F=2t i^+3t2 j^N, where i^and j^ are unit vectors along x and y axis. What power will be developed by the force at the time t?
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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)