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Question
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Calculate the power of a pump which can lift 100 kg of water to store it in a water tank at a height of 19 m in 25 sec. (Take the value of g = 10 m/s2).

Solution
Mass of water which can be lifted by pump, m 100  kg

Height of the water tank, h = 19  m

Time taken to fill the tank, t = 25 s

Acceleration due to gravity, g  =  10 m/s2

Therefore, using the formula,  

Power is given by, 

P = Work donetime taken = mght=100×10×1925 = 760 Watt