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A 85-Kg firefighter climbs up a ladder at a constant speed of 2.5 m/s. What average power does the firefighter expend to overcome gravity?
10 years ago

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Damon
Force * distance/ time

85 * 9.8 * 2.5 Joules/second or Watts
10 years ago
Jim
1960
9 years ago

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