Any Sort of help will be appreciated.

Den pushes a desk 400 cm across the floor. He exerts a force of 10 N for 8 s to move the desk.

What is his power output?
1.25 W
5 W
40 W
500 W

Question

Any Sort of help will be appreciated.

Den pushes a desk 400 cm across the floor. He exerts a force of 10 N for 8 s to move the desk.

What is his power output?
1.25 W
5 W
40 W
500 W

anonymous · Answer

i got 5 i multiplied 10 times 8 divided by 400 i'm probably wrong but it's worth a shot

surry99 · Answer

power = work/time

anonymous · Answer

Hey you were right. :)

anonymous · Answer

yayyy  lol maybe i do remember something from school

anonymous · Answer

Lol thank you ^-^

anonymous · Answer

welcome hun

surry99 · Answer

(10 x 8)/400 does not equal 5
so the math is wrong and so is your method

anonymous · Answer

i obviously did something right and your right what i said is wrong but i did my math in my head so i don't exactly remember what i did

surry99 · Answer

Power = Work /time
Work = Force x distance x cos(angle between the force and distance)

anonymous · Answer

all i know is i got him the right answer and that's that ok have a nice one :)