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How much power, in watts, does a force have if it can deliver 165 joules of work in 299 milliseconds?

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The amount of power delivered by a force can be calculated by using the physics formula for power, which is:

Power(P) = Work Done(W) / Time(t)

Given in this question, the amount of work done by the force is 165 Joules and the time is 299 milliseconds.

But time should be in seconds to fit in this formula, so we need to convert the time from millisecond to seconds by division with 1000:

Time in seconds = 299 / 1000 = 0.299 seconds

Now that we have the work in Joules and the time in seconds we can insert those numbers into our formula:

P = 165 Joules / 0.299 seconds

Solving this division gives us:

P = 551.8394648829432 Watts

Therefore, a force that can deliver 165 joules of work in 299 milliseconds has a power of approximately 551.84 Watts.

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