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7.4 Exercise 38

Avg difficulty 2.5

Grains from a hopper falls at a rate of 10 kg/s vertically onto a conveyor belt that is moving horizontally at a constant speed of 2 m/s. (a) What force is needed to keep the conveyor belt moving at the constant velocity? (b) What is the minimum power of the motor driving the conveyor belt?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 7.4 Power, exercise 38

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