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Given I climb two steps every second and I have a mass of 50kg, what is the power output of my legs in kilowatts? (3 significant figures)

(There is a diagram showing stairs with steps that are 20cm high)
Power = Energy/TimeEnergy required to climb one step = Work Done = ForceDistanceForce = Weight = mg = 509.81 = 490.5NEne...

Answered by Toby G. Physics tutor
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In the photoelectric effect, what happens as you increase the frequency of light keeping the same intensity constant?

E=hf, so as you increase the frequency of light, the energy of each photon hitting the metal surface is greater. Thus the electrons liberated from the surface of the metal have a greater maximum kinetic e...

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Why does atmospheric pressure drop when altitude increases?

(Question can be sketched with a graph) Firstly, in order to have atmospheric pressure, air molecules must collide with a surface, in this case the face of the Earth. As you gain altitude (height from fac...

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Describe how a stationary wave is formed at a boundary?

A stationary wave is a wave formed by the superposition of two progressive waves. These waves must have equal amplitude frequency and speed. They must also be travelling in opposite directions. When a wav...

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A small ball is projected with speed 15 m/s at an angle of 60 degrees above the horizontal. Find the distance from the point of projection of the ball at the instant when it is travelling horizontally.

If we break down the velocity vector into its x and y components, then the point at which the ball would be moving horizontally is the point where the y velocity is zero. The y velocity decreases initiall...

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