Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133593211
Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 65RQ
A robotic rover on Mars finds a spherical rock with a diameter of 10 centimeters [cm]. The rover picks up the rock and lifts it 20 centimeters [cm] straight up. The rock has a specific gravity of 4.75. The gravitational acceleration on Mars is 3.7 meters per second squared [m/s2]. If the robot’s lifting arm has an efficiency of 40% and required 10 seconds [s] to raise the rock 20 centimeters [cm], how much power in units of watts [W] did the arm use?
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Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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