Work Energy And Power Question 258

Question: How much water, a pump of 2 kW can raise in one minute to a height of 10 m, take $ g = 10 m/s^{2} $ ?

Options:

A) 1000

B) 1200

C) 100

D) 2000

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

[b] $ P=\frac{W}{t}.Here,P=2kW=2000W. $

$ W=Mgh=M\times 10\times 10=100M $

And $ at=60s. $

This gives, $ M=1200kg $

Its volume $ =1200 $ litre as 1 litre of water contains 1 kg of its mass.



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