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
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,
Now we can apply Newton's second law to find the net force on the object:
This net force is the resultant of the applied force forward () and the component of the weight acting backward (
), so we can find what is the applied force:
where
m = 24 kg is the mass of the object
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:
where s = 18 m is the displacement.
Therefore the average power needed is:
b)
The instantaneous power at any point of the motion is given by
where
is the force applied
v is the velocity of the object
We already calculated the applied force:
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:
And therefore, the instantaeous power at 3.0 sec is:
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