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b) A human can generate power of about 80 W. If one person works to
raise water for 4 hours every day, what is the approximate volume of
water that can be pumped from a 5 meter deep well in a month,
assuming 50% efficiency?
c) The water is to be used to irrigate a field of wheat, which requires a
total of 15 cm depth of water over a three-month growing season. Using
the answer from (b), how much area can be irrigated to a depth of 5 cm
each month?
d) If the yield of wheat is 0.1 kg/m², and the energy equivalent of wheat
is 7.5 MJ/kg, what is the total energy produced by the field of wheat
over a season?
e) Assuming a food consumption per person of 10 MJ per day, how
many person-days of food is generated by this field over a year?
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Transcribed Image Text:b) A human can generate power of about 80 W. If one person works to raise water for 4 hours every day, what is the approximate volume of water that can be pumped from a 5 meter deep well in a month, assuming 50% efficiency? c) The water is to be used to irrigate a field of wheat, which requires a total of 15 cm depth of water over a three-month growing season. Using the answer from (b), how much area can be irrigated to a depth of 5 cm each month? d) If the yield of wheat is 0.1 kg/m², and the energy equivalent of wheat is 7.5 MJ/kg, what is the total energy produced by the field of wheat over a season? e) Assuming a food consumption per person of 10 MJ per day, how many person-days of food is generated by this field over a year?
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Concept of Power and Work:

Work (W):

If there is motion in an object due to the application of force then there is certain amount of energy being transferred to that object. That energy is known as Work done on that object.

Work done (W in J)= Force applied on an object (F in N) × Distance travelled by that object (d in m).

Power (P):

It is amount of work done per unit time.

P= Wt. SI unit of Power is Watt (W or J/s).

 

 

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