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Grade 12th passGeneral Physics

A train weighing 1000 tons moving on a horizontal track with a uniform velocity of 10m/s. The total resistance to the motion of train is 5kgf per ton. If g= 10, then the power of the engine is?

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
This is a simple formulae based qstn.
Net Force required => 1000*5*10 => 50kN.
Total Power delivered = > 50,000*10 => 500KW
This would be the total Power required.