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An electric heater supplies heat to a system at a rate of 100 W. If the system performs work at a rate of 75 joules per second, at what rate is the internal energy increasing? |
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Answer» Rate of heat supplied to the system is 100 W = 100 Js-1 Rate of work done by the system is 75Js-1 . From the first law of thermodynamics, we have ∆ Q = ∆ U + ∆ W ……..(1) If the above parameters are observed for a time‘∆ t’, …….(2) where \(\frac{ΔQ}{Δ t}\) is the rate of heat supplied to the system for the given time,\(\)\(\frac{ΔU}{Δ t}\) is the rate of increase in internal energy of the system for the given time and \(\frac{ΔW}{Δ t}\) is the rate of work done by the system in the given time. ∴ From equation (2), we have 100 = \(\frac{ΔU}{Δ t}\) + 75 \(\frac{ΔU}{Δ t}\) = 25 Js-1 Therefore the internal energy increases at rate of 25 Joules per second. |
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