A few days ago
Ali G

Energy, Power. Simple Problems for Engr class Help?

Hi few questions on how these are done, for my college Engr 10 class ( intro to Engr). Please tell me equations and show how done.

1. A person running at the pace of 5mph expends 300 kilocalories of energy per hour.

a)Find the power of the runner is exerting while running.

b)Find the total energy exerted by the runner in a 10k run

I got 343.02 kc is that right?

2. It took you 2 hours to drive to Berkeley and back with a total distance of 100 miles traveled

a) Your car gets 34.0 miles per gallon. How much energy have used for this trip?

b) What is the average power consumption for this trip?

c) We know that energy does not vanish ( energy conservation). Where does the energy go ( consumed) after the trip?

Thanks alot

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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1a) power = energy / time

= 300000J/ 3600s

=83.3333 j/s

b) 5m/h = 0.0013889 m/s

speed = dist /time

0.0013889 = 10000 / t

t = 719994.24s

83.3333 = energy / 719994.24

energy = 59999496

= 6000kc (3sf)

2) using the same formulae, u can figure out the rest of the question.

c) energy is used to overcome friction (air and road surface)

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