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Find the power with which a 250 g squirrel climbing up a tree at a rate of $0.5 m s^{- 1}$ , moves upwards against the force of gravity ? $(g = 10 m s^{- 2})$

1.25 W

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Solution

The correct option is A 1.25 W
g $= 10 m s^{- 2}$
mass of squirrel m $= 250 g = 0.25 k g$
velocity of squirrel v $= 0.5 m s^{- 1}$
power $= F . v = m . g . v = 0.25 \times 10 \times 0.5 = 1.25 W$

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