How much power is required to lift an object of weight 595 newtons by 3.15 meters in 15.2 seconds?

1 Answer
Feb 10, 2016

Power output is 123.306 watts.

Explanation:

Potential Energy (in Joules) PE gained is given by

PE = mgh, where m is mass in kilograms, g is acceleration due to gravity (9.8 meters per second2) and h is height in meters. We can also write this as PE = wh, where w is weight in Newtons - as it is given in Newtons here. (Obviously w=mg).

Power in watts is given by PEt, where t is times in seconds.

Accordingly PE here is 5953.15 or 1,874.25 and

Power output is 1874.2515.2 or 123.306 watts.