Find the power of a pump which takes $10 s$ to draw $100 k g$ of water from a tank situated at a height of $20 m$ .

2 \times 10^{4} W

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2 \times 10^{3} W

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200 W

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Solution

The correct option is B $2 \times 10^{3} W$
Power = $\frac{w o r k d o n e}{t i m e}$

= $\frac{m g h}{t i m e}$

= $\frac{100 * 10 * 20}{10}$

= $\frac{20000}{10}$

= 2000W i.e 2 $\times$ 10 $^{3}$ W

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