As a Punishment for Being Late to a Practice Session

question 35

Multiple Choice

As a punishment for being late to a practice session the coach orders her star athlete to run up the stadium steps.The player's mass is 80 kg and it takes one minute for her to run up the 120 steps at a constant rate.If each step is of height 0.5 m,what is the power output of the player?

• A)80.0 W
• B)13.0 W
• C)1570 W
• D)785 W
• E)390 W

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