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1. The document describes an experiment to calculate personal power during different physical activities like running, jogging, and walking up a flight of stairs. 2. The experiment measured things like time taken, height and number of stairs climbed, and used formulas to calculate work done and power for each activity. 3. The results showed that running had the highest power at 232W and took the least amount of time, while walking had the lowest power at 174W and took the most time, demonstrating that increased power allows activities to be completed more quickly.

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Personal Power Implementation

1. The document describes an experiment to calculate personal power during different physical activities like running, jogging, and walking up a flight of stairs. 2. The experiment measured things like time taken, height and number of stairs climbed, and used formulas to calculate work done and power for each activity. 3. The results showed that running had the highest power at 232W and took the least amount of time, while walking had the lowest power at 174W and took the most time, demonstrating that increased power allows activities to be completed more quickly.

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PERSONAL POWER IMPLEMENTATION

Name: Jaheim Morgan


Subject: Physics
Topic: Personal Power
Centre No: 100057
Candidate No: 1000572428
Teacher: Mr. Arnett
Title: Personal Power

Aim: To calculate personal power during physical activity.

Apparatus/Materials: ruler,stopwatch, flight of stairs, bathroom scale.

Diagram:

Variables: Controlled: stairs, weight


Manipulated: physical activity
Responding: time, power

Procedure:

1. The person's mass was recorded using the bathroom scale.

2. The person's mass was converted into weight then recorded.


3. The rule was used to measure the height of one step then the
measurement was recorded in a table. This was repeated for two more
steps then the average height was calculated.

4. The number of steps were recorded.

5. The formula vh= number of steps × average height of 1 step was used to
calculate the vertical height.

6. The formula wd= force × vertical height was used to find the value for
work done.

7. The stopwatch was used to record the time the person takes to run up
the stairs. The readings were recorded in the table and after being able to
go again, the experiment was repeated and the average time was
calculated.

8. The whole experiment was repeated for person B.

9. The formula power= work/time was used to calculate the person's


average power.

Calculations: 140lbs x 4.55 N/lbs= 637 N

Results:
Physical Height Height Height Time Time Average
Activity of Step of of Taken Taken Time
1(m) Step 2 Step 1(s) 2 (s) Taken
(m) 3 (m) (s)
Running 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.75 2.73 2.74
Jogging 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.93 2.89 2.91
Walking 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.55 3.77 3.66

Running = 637 J ÷ 2.74 s = 232 W

Jogging = 637 J ÷ 2.91 s = 219 W

Walking = 637 J ÷ 3.66 s = 174 W

Limitation/Source of Error/Precaution:

1.If the person being weighed had objects in their pockets the readings
would be inaccurate.

2. Natural conditions such as wind or muddy terrain could affect carrying


out the activities.

3. Mistiming of the stopwatch while the activities are being conducted could
lead to inaccurate timings.

Discussion: Work is equal to force times the distance through which the
force acts upon and the unit used to express force is Newtons (N) and
distance is expressed in metres (m). The unit used to express work is
Newton Metre (Nm) or Joules (J). Power is equal to work divided by time
and is the rate at which work is done and is expressed in Watts (W). After
observing the recordings, it was seen that walking had a power of 174 W
while running had a power of 232 W. Out of the three the activities, running
required the least amount of time to complete. In order for an object to go
faster, more power is required, however the work done by the object was
constant. The trend observed in this experiment is that when the amount of
power increases in the activity the amount of time taken to complete the
activity decreases.

Reflection: When compared to a real life situation rather than this


experiment, running would take a lot less time to complete than walking. A
real life situation similar to this experiment is when a hurdler and a sprinter
take part in races. Even though the two might travel the same distance, say
for example 200 metres the sprinter does the work in considerably less
time due to amount of power being put into the running. While the hurdler
has to jump over the hurdles he is exerting less power than the sprinter but
they are doing the same amount of work over the same distance, with the
only difference being one applies more power which leads to less time
being taken to complete the work. Power is the rate at which work is done
and is expressed by a work/time ratio. During activity, some people are
able to exert more power that others which leads to them being able to
complete the same amount of work in the same time or even more work in
the same time than others.Someone such as a quarterback for a football
team would be very strong and fast hence would be able to apply a large
enough force to cause a displacement in a short amount of time. A lot more
power is required to run compared to walking or jogging when we go faster.
The skills that I learnt during this experiment are the formulas to calculate
power and work done as well as how to conduct measurings for the time
taken to do work. In order to make the experiment more practical, multiple
recordings had to be taken in order to find the average times for work done.
In order for an object to move faster more power must be applied.
Conclusion: The trend observed in this experiment is that when power
increased time taken to do the activity decreased. The power for walking
was 174 W while jogging was 219 W and running was 232 W.

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