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Grade 11Mechanics

A body of mass m is accelerated uniformly from rest to a speed v in a time T. Prove that The instantaneous power delivered to the body as a function of time is given by

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Shaswata Biswas
9 Years ago
For a body of mass m, starting from rest with acceleration a, velocity after time t is, v = at.
We have instantaneous power, P = F.Vint
Or, P = ma.at = ma2t