Sand is deposited at a uniform rate of 20g/s and with negligible kinetic energy unto an empty convegor belt moving horizontally at a constant speed of 10m/s. Calculate the power required to maintain the constant velocity?
1 Answer
Mar 1, 2018
Explanation:
From Newton's 2nd Law of motion,
Force is defined as rate of change in momentum,
i,e
But,see here,
so,here,required amount of force(
So,power required to be supplied to keep on the belt moving with constant speed is