Question
An athlete in a gym applies a constant force of 50 N to the pedals of a bicycle to keep the rotation rate of the wheel at 10 rev/s. The length of the pedal arms is 30 cm. What is the power delivered to the bicycle by the athlete?
Solution
VerifiedStep 1
1 of 2We know that :
And the power :
From we know that :
Where :
- is the force acting on the pedals .
- is the radius of the pedals .
- is the angular velocity of the pedals .
- is the torque acting on the pedals due to the force .
: , and .
known information into to get :
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