College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 6 - Problems - Page 231: 71

Answer

It will take Lars 13.0 seconds to climb three flights of stairs.

Work Step by Step

We can find the total amount of work that Lars must do: $Work = mgh = (82.4~kg)(9.80~m/s^2)(12.0~m) = 9690~J$ We can find the time it takes to do this work: $t = \frac{Energy}{Power} = \frac{9690~J}{746~W} = 13.0~s$ It will take Lars 13.0 seconds to climb three flights of stairs.
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