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Course: Phy201 Worksheet 8 –Power & Energy Unit: Circuits and Ohms Law
Ch3
Power
Power = energy change ÷ time taken
Power = work done ÷ time taken

Energy change = power x time taken

Work done = power x time taken

Time taken = energy change ÷ power

Time taken = work done ÷ power

1. Calculate the power of a light bulb that uses 40J of electricity in 4 seconds.

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2. Calculate the power of a toaster that uses 200J of electricity in 20 seconds.
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3. Calculate the power of a digger who performs 12000J of work in 6 seconds.

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4. Calculate the power of a car that uses 6600J of chemical energy in 3 seconds.

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5. Calculate the power of a car that uses 12kJ of chemical energy in 6 seconds.

6. Calculate the power of a train that uses 2MJ of chemical energy in 4 seconds.

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of a clock that uses 15kJ of electricity in 2 and a half hours.

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8. Calculate the power of a person that does 8kJ of work in 4 hours.

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Calculate the power of a kettle that uses 200J of energy in half a minute.

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10. Calculate the power of a television that uses 0.5kJ of energy in 5 seconds.
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11. Calculate the energy used by a light bulb of power 75W in 10 seconds.

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12. Calculate the energy used by a washing machine of power 800W in 30 seconds.

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13. Calculate the chemical energy used by a car of power 25 000W in 50 seconds.
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Calculate the work done by a crane of power 80 000W in 60 seconds.

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Calculate the energy used by a radio of power 30W in 1 minute.
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16. Calculate the energy used by an airplane of power 120 000W in 20 seconds.

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Calculate the work done by a bulldozer of power 5000W in 15 seconds.

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18. Calculate the energy used by a heater of power 1.2kW in 1 hour.

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19. Calculate the work done by a lorry of power 6MW in 2 hours.

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20. Calculate the energy used by a computer of power 1.5kW in half an hour.
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21. How long does it take a light bulb of power 40W to produce 80J of energy?

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22. How long does it take an airplane of power 900 000W to use 2 700 000J of energy?

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23. How long does it take a microwave of power 0.2kW to use 10 000J of energy?

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