Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy

Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy — practice question

Leonardo da Vinci suggested a flying machine that would operate in the manner of a screw, raising the pilot into the air. The pilot turns the ‘screw’. The combined mass of the machine and the pilot is $120\,\text{kg}$. What useful output power must the pilot supply to travel vertically upward at a steady speed of $2.5\,\text{m s}^{-1}$?

  • A$48\,\text{W}$
  • B$300\,\text{W}$
  • C$470\,\text{W}$
  • D$2900\,\text{W}$

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