Question

A tiger runs one kilometer. The tiger does 15,000 J of work and has a total power output of 500 W. How many minutes does it take the tiger to run the distance? (Points : 3)

0.30 sec
30 sec
3.0 sec
300 sec

Answer 1

Power is the amount of energy consumed per unit time. Having no direction, it is a scalar quantity. As is implied by the equation for power, a unit of power is equivalent to a unit of work divided by a unit of time. The formula would be as follows:

P = W/t

We calculate as follows:

500 W = 15000 J / t
t = 30 s