A Russian athlete lifts 300kg to a height of 2.5 m in 2 seconds. What is the work done? And what power is exerted?

Physics

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snow_tiger [21]3 years ago

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We want to find the work done and power exerted, let’s start with work first.

We know that the equation for work is: W = F * D. We need to find the force which we can find by using: F = M * A.

Mass: 300kg
Acceleration (using equation from photo): 1.25 m/s^2

(The equation says x but can be used with y values)

If you are confused about how I found the acceleration; I plugged in 2.5 for the final y value, 0 for the initial y value, 0 for the initial velocity and 4 for t squared.

To solve, for acceleration it’s a matter of simple algebra. You can subtract the initial y position and the initial velocity from the final y position because they are 0. This leaves you with 2.5 m = 1/2a * t^2, from here I multiplied 2.5 by 2 to get rid of the 1/2. Now I have 5 = a * t^2. T^2 is just 2 squared, so four. Simply divide 5 by 4, and boom, you get 1.25 m/s^2.

Force = 300 kg * 1.25 m/s^2 = 375 Newtons

So, work = 500 N * 2.5 m = 1000 Joules

Power: W/t

So, Power = 1000 J / 2 seconds = 500 Watts

Hope this helps!

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