State two factors on which power spent by a source depends. Explain your answer with examples.
State two factors on which power spent by a source depends. Explain your answer with examples.

Solutions:

The quantity of power consumed by a source is determined by two factors:

(i) The amount of work done by the source and

(ii) the amount of time it takes the source to do the job.

Consider the following scenario:

If a coolie A lifts a load to the top of a bus in 1 minute and a coolie B lifts a load to the roof of the same bus in 2 minutes. The job done by both coolies is identical, but the power expended by coolie A is twice that of coolie B since A completes the task faster than B.