Conceptual 6-2 (B)

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Power and Work are measured in the same units

A fireman (80 kg) climbs a 10m high ladder in 4 seconds to rescue a kitten from a tree.
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What is the fireman's GPE before climbing the ladder?

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What is the fireman's GPE at the top of the ladder?

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How much work does the fireman do?

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How much power does the fireman exert?

You have a load of 10 kg of groceries that you need to carry up a flights of stairs (6 m tall).
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Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the groceries when they are sitting at the top of the stairs.

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How much work was done to bring them up the stairs?

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If you walk them up the stairs in 4 seconds, how much power is required?

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What if you run them up the stairs in 1.2 seconds? How much power would that require?

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Doing the same amount of work in a longer time leads to more power