Question

An object of mass 24kg is accelerated up a frictionless place incline at an angle of 37° with horizontal by a constant force, starting at the bottom from, covers a distance of 18m in 3.0sec.
a)What is the average power required to accomplish the process?
b) what is the instantaneous power required at the ends of 3.0secods interval?

Answer 1

a) Average power: 1425 W

b) Instantaneous power at 3.0 sec: 2850 W

Explanation:

a)

The motion of the object along the ramp is a uniformly accelerated motion (because the force applied is constant), so we can use the suvat equation

$s=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2$

where

s = 18 m is the displacement along the ramp

u = 0 is the initial velocity

t = 3.0 s is the time taken

a is the acceleration of the object along the ramp

Solving for a,

$a=\frac{2s}{t^2}=\frac{2(18)}{(3.0)^2}=4 m/s^2$

Now we can apply Newton's second law to find the net force on the object:

$F=ma=(24 kg)(4 m/s^2)=96 N$

This net force is the resultant of the applied force forward ($F_a$) and the component of the weight acting backward ($mg sin \theta$), so we can find what is the applied force:

$F=F_a - mg sin \theta\\F_a = F+mg sin \theta = 96+(24)(9.8)(sin 37^{\circ})=237.5 N$

where

m = 24 kg is the mass of the object

$g=9.8 m/s^2$ is the acceleration of gravity

Now we can finally find what is the work done by the applied force, which is parallel to the ramp, therefore:

$W=F_a s = (237.6)(18)=4276 J$

where s = 18 m is the displacement.

Therefore the average power needed is:

$P=\frac{W}{t}=\frac{4276}{3}=1425 W$

b)

The instantaneous power at any point of the motion is given by

$P=F_av$

where

$F_a$ is the force applied

v is the velocity of the object

We already calculated the applied force:

$F_a=237.5 N$

While since this is a uniformly accelerated motion, we can find the velocity at the end of the 3.0 seconds using the suvat equation:

$v=u+at=0+(4)(3.0)=12.0 m/s$

And therefore, the instantaeous power at 3.0 sec is:

$P=Fv=(237.5)(12)=2850 W$

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