A water pump is rated at and is used to fill a rooftop tank for each evening.

PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Electricity · Electricity

Problem

A water pump is rated at 750 W750\,\text{W} and is used to fill a rooftop tank for 40 min40\,\text{min} each evening. (i) Determine the electrical energy consumed in a single evening’s operation, giving your answer in joules. (ii) Express the same energy in kilowatt-hours. (iii) Calculate the total energy, in kilowatt-hours, consumed by the pump over 30 consecutive evenings.

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