Chapter 7
Work, Energy, and Simple Machines
CBSE Class 9
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Question:

A crane lifts a mass mm to the 10th^{th} floor of a building in a certain time. It then raises the same mass to the 20th^{th} floor of the same building in double the time. How much more energy and power are required? Assume that the height of all floors is equal.

Answer: Verified

Let the height of each floor be hh.

Energy required to lift a mass is given by:

Potential Energy=mgh\text{Potential Energy} = mgh

For the 10th floor:

E1=mg(10h)E_1 = mg(10h)

For the 20th floor:

E2=mg(20h)E_2 = mg(20h)

E2=2E1E_2 = 2E_1

Therefore, twice the energy is required to lift the mass to the 20th floor.

Power is given by:

P=WtP = \frac{W}{t}

If time taken for the 10th floor is tt, then time taken for the 20th floor is 2t2t.

P1=10mghtP_1 = \frac{10mgh}{t}

P2=20mgh2tP_2 = \frac{20mgh}{2t}

P2=10mght=P1P_2 = \frac{10mgh}{t} = P_1

Therefore, the power required remains the same.

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