POWER

PRACTICE
(Answers below)

Power = (Energy Transferred) / Time
Power = (Work Done) / Time

1. A box that weighs 575 N is lifted a distance of 20.0 m straight up by a rope. The job is
done in 10.0 s. What power is delivered in watts and kilowatts?


2. An electric motor uses 65 kW as it lifts a loaded elevator 17.5 m in 35.0 s. What force
does the motor exert?


3. A boat’s engine pushes it through water at a steady rate of 15 m/s. The force of friction
that acts against the boat is 6000. N. What is the power of the engine?


4. A 300. kg piano is being lifted at a steady speed from ground level straight up to an
apartment 10.0 m above the ground. The crane that is lifting produces a steady power
of 400. W. How much time does it take to lift the piano?


5. A 1000. kg car accelerates at 1.25 m/s2 as it goes from 20.0 m/s to 30.0 m/s. 

a) What force is applied to the car by its engine?
b) How far does the car travel during this period of acceleration?
c) How much work is done to accelerate the car?
d) How much time elapsed while the car was accelerating?
e) What is the power of the car’s engine?



POWER Answers
1. 1150 W = 1.15 kW
2. 1.3 x 105 N
3. 90 kW
4. 73.5 s
5. a. 1250 N
b. 200. m
c. 250. kJ
d. 8.00 s
e. 31.3 kW