A motor of a corn mill machine operates on electrical energy of \(1.44 \times 10^{5}\)J. If one-quarter of the energy is wasted on sound and heat, determine the efficiency of the machine.

a

25%

b

36%

c

64%

d

75%

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t.nworah
5 years ago

Ans=75%
E=(workoutput/workinput)×100
1/4 of work input was lost to heat=1/4 ×(1.44×10^5)=36000
workoutput=144000-36000=108000
E=(108000/144000)×100=75%
Answer D

Award0001
2 years ago

irs simple really
efficiency is work done by machine/work done on machine × 100

since 1.44×10^5 j of energy was put into the machine (work done on machine)
but the machine wasted one quarter of this energy on heat and other stuffs
e.g ¼*1.44×10^5 of the initial energy was wasted = 0.36×10^5j remains

This means that 1.44*10^5 j - 0.36*10^5 j was the work done by the machine = 1.08*10^5j

therefore
eff = 1.44*10^5/1.08*10^5 × 100 = 0.75 * 100 = 75%✅

Ezenwanne1234
2 years ago

E =workoutput/output
workinput=1/4*1.44×10^5=36000
workoutput=1.44×10^5-36000=108000
E=(108000/36000)×100
E=75%

Ezenwanne1234
2 years ago

E=workoutput/output
workinput=1/4*1.44×10^5=36000
workoutput=1.44×10^5-36000=108000
E=(108000/36000)×100
E=75%

Fgc419713
1 year ago

take note the machine 'operate

Fgc419713
1 year ago

take note of the word operate 'on' meaning the machine work with initial energy 1.44 raise to power 5

ikeanwuli
2 years ago

it's 25%
Remember work input is more than work output because of energy lost
workinput = 1.44×10^5 J
workoutput = 1/4 ×1.44×10^5 J= 36000 J
Efficiency =36000 × 100 / 1.44×10^5

= 25%

Ikwuagusi
5 years ago

The answer should be A. Reason:
Efficiency = workoutput/workinput×100
workinput = 1.44×10^5J
workoutput = 1/4 ×1.44×10^5J = 3600J
Efficiency =3600/1.44×10^5×100
= 25%

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