A bucket of water of mass 15 kg is pulled at constant velocity up to a platform 40 meters above the ground. This takes 16 minutes, during which time 5 kg of water drips out at a steady rate through a hole in the bottom. Find the work needed to raise the bucket to the platform. (Use g=9.8m/s^2.)

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Answer:

  4900 J

Step-by-step explanation:

The average mass of water raised is ...

  (15 kg +(15 -5) kg)/2 = 12.5 kg

The work done to raise it 40 m is ...

  W = mgh = (12.5 kg)(9.8 m/s^2)(40 m) = 4900 J