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Matter In Our Surroundings

Question
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A boy of mass 50 kg runs up a staircase of 45 steps in 9 seconds. If the height of each step is 15 cm, find his power. Take g = 10 ms-2.

Solution

Here we have, 

Mass of the body, m = 50 kg 

Total number of steps on the staircase = 45 
Height of each step = 15 cm 

So, height of the staircase, h = 45×15100 = 45 × 0.15 = 6.75 m 


Time taken to climb each step = 9 sec

Now, weight of the boy, mg  = 50 x 10  = 500  N

So, power of the boy, P = Work doneTotal time taken

                                   = mght= 500×6.759 = 375 W