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Power in Work and Motion
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Power connects work with the time needed to do it. Work depends on force and displacement. The work-energy theorem also links net work on an object to the change in its kinetic energy between two points on its path. These ideas do not include time directly, but time still matters in many real situations.
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Power measures the rate at which work is done. The SI unit of power is watt, and it is defined as one joule of work done in one second.
Recall that work is the transfer of energy, therefore, power can be represented as the rate of transfer of energy. For example, a 100 watts light bulb shines brighter than a 50 watts light bulb because th...
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