Power
 

Power problem 39


A man can either take an escalator or a lift to travel up between two floors in a hotel.




The escalator takes to carry the man between the two floors. The useful work done against gravity is . The useful power developed is . The lift takes to carry the same man between the same two floors. How much useful work against gravity is done by the lift, and how much useful power is developed by the lift?



 

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