You are the captain of a pirate ship and wish to find out how strong a new first mate is at rowing treasure from shore to the ship. It takes him 4 minutes (240 s) to row the treasure with a constant force of 500 N. What power does the pirate supply?

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Alessandra Noble

Physics

30 April, 02:46

You are the captain of a pirate ship and wish to find out how strong a new first mate is at rowing treasure from shore to the ship. It takes him 4 minutes (240 s) to row the treasure with a constant force of 500 N. What power does the pirate supply?

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Nayeli Castaneda · Answer 1

The formula that is usually used for the calculation of power is the product of force applied and the speed at which the action is done. That is,

P = Fv

We let d be the distance covered and the equation for power would be,

P = (500 N) (d/240 s)

P = 2.08d