Question

In order to sail through the frozen Arctic Ocean, the most powerful icebreaker ever built was constructed in the former Soviet Union. At the heart of the ship’s power plant is a nuclear reactor with a power output of 5.60* 10^7 W. How long will it take for this power plant to do 5.35* 10^10 J of work?

Answer 1

955.36 seconds ≈ 16 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Power(P) is the rate of doing work(W)

That is, P = W/t, where t is the time.

multipying both sides with 't' and dividing with 'P', we get: t=W/P

Here, W = 5.35 x 10^10 J and P = 5.6 x 10^7 W ( 1 W = 1 J/s).

Therefore , on dividing W with P, we get 955.36 seconds.