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A girl weighs 58kg and runs up a staircase 52m high in 23seconds. Find her minimum power output

Sagot :

Given,

The mass of the girl, m=58 kg

The height of the staircase, h=52 m

The time she takes to run up the staircase, t=23 s

The work the girl does to climb up the staircase is equal to the change in the potential energy of the girl.

Thus the work done is given by,

[tex]W=\text{mgh}[/tex]

Where g is the acceleration due to gravity.

On substituting the known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} W=58\times9.8\times52 \\ =29.56\times10^3\text{ J} \end{gathered}[/tex]

The power output is equal to the rate at which the work is done

Thus the power output is given by,

[tex]P=\frac{W}{t}[/tex]

On substituting the known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} P=\frac{29.56\times10^3}{23} \\ =1285.22\text{ W} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus the maximum power output is 1285.22 W