Question

You are raising up a big bucket of water from a 22.5 m deep well. The combined mass of the water and the bucket is 11.3 kg. The bucket is attached to a heavy duty steel chain. The mass of the chain is 17.9 kg. How much work do you perform during the lifting process? Tries 0/12 If it takes 1.75 minutes for you to raise the bucket of water out of the well, then what was your average power?

Answer 1

The amount of work done during the lifting process is 4465.125 J and our average power will be 42.525 W.

Given:

Depth of the well, h = 22.5m

Mass of heavy-duty steel chain, M = 17.9 kg

The combined mass of the water and bucket, m = 11.3 kg

time taken to raise the bucket out of the water, T = 1.75 min = 105 s

Calculation:

Consider that the center of mass of the steel chain is at the midpoint of the depth of the well.

Now, the work done during the lifting process can be calculated as:

W.D = (Work done in lifting bucket filled with water) + (work done to lift    

                                                                                              the steel chain)

W.D = mgh + Mg (h/2)      -( 1 )

where g is the acceleration due to gravity

Applying values in the above equation we get:

W.D = mgh + Mg (h/2)

       = (11.3 kg)(9.8 m/s²)(22.5 m) + (17.9 kg)(9.8 m/s²)(22.5 m / 2)

       = 2491.65 + 1973.475

       = 4465.125 J

We know that the average power is given as:

P_avg = W.D / T     - ( 2 )

where W.D is the work done during the lifting process

            T is the time taken to raise the bucket out of the well

Applying values in the above equation, we get:

P_avg = W.D / T

           = (4465.125 J)/(105 s)

           = 42.525 W

Therefore, the amount of work done during the lifting process is 4465.125 J and our average power will be 42.525 W.  

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