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John is gardening and finds a tree root in the soil. He decides he will try to pull it out. He grabs onto it and uses a force of 100 Newtons. He exerts that force for 5 seconds until he is able to yank the root out, 1 meter away. How much power did John use to extract the root?

20 joules/sec
25 joules/sec please help due soon
15 joules/sec
10 joules/sec

User Robert Bue
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Answer:

20 joules

Step-by-step explanation:

I took the semester exam

User Arleen
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5 votes

Answer:

20 joules/sec

Step-by-step explanation:

100/5=20

User Nicholas Head
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