Physics - Power

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What is power?
Rate of energy transfer/work done
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How do you calculate power?
Work or energy transferred / time
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What's work measured in?
Joules (J)
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What's power measured in?
Watts
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What's time measured in?
Seonds
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1 watt = 1 Joules of energy tranfere/work done per second. True?
Yes
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180,000 J. 500s. Use this to work out power
180000/500 = 360 watts
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When car stops 40,000 J of work is done by breaks in 5s. Calculate power
40000/5 = 8000 watts
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