JAMB - Physics (2009 - No. 5)

If a cage containing a truck of coal weighing 750 kg is raised to a height of 90 m in a minute, what is the total power expended?


[g = 10 ms2]
11.50 kw
12.60 kw
11.25 kw
12.10 kw

Explanation

Power = \(\frac{work done}{time taken}\)

where 1 min = 60s

= \(\frac{mgh}{t}\)
= \(\frac{750 \times 10 \times 90}{60}\)

= 11250w or 11.25kw

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