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A power plant supplies 1,100 megawatts of power to the electric grid. how many joules of energy does it supply each second?

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1100000000 J

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User Norling
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The answer is it will supply 1.1 x 10⁹ J of energy each second.
we can calculate this by using the following equation;
P = W/t
W = P x t
and by work energy relation;
E = W = P x t
1 watt = 1j/s
1megawatt = 1000000 = 10⁶ j/s
E = 1100 x 106 x 1
E = 1.1 x 10⁹ J
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