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Chapter 8, Problem 125P
Approximately 5.5 × 106 kg of water falls 50 m over Niagara Falls each second. (a) What is the decrease in the gravitational potential energy of the water-Earth system each second? (b) If all this energy could be converted to electrical energy (it cannot be), at what rate would electrical energy be supplied? (The mass of 1 m3 of water is 1000 kg.) (c) If the electrical energy were sold at 1 cent/kW · h, what would be the yearly income?
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