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Lesson: Chapter 18 — Work, Energy and Power

18.3. Power 1 of 7

Question 1

What is power?

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The amount of work done in unit time. Power is the rate of doing work — how quickly it gets done, not how much of it there is.

A high-power machine is not one that does more work. It is one that does its work sooner. Given long enough, a small motor lifts everything a large one can.

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