What is Watt? : Power and Work

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Watt?

What is Watt?

Joule

second

Joule is the SI unit for work

A Watt is a joule per second

simply, Watt is the amount of work you do per second

(unless you still don’t know this)

Second is a unit of timeWatt

Watt is a unit of power

But first…

What is WORK?

PUSH!!!

When you push something and it

doesn’t move, have you done

work?

nope

.

Work isn’t done by simply giving effort. Work is done when you gave effort and

you moved something.

#BOOMHUGOT?

EFFORT!!!

no Work

EFFORT!!!

yes Work

Joule = N x m

Work is the product of your effort in moving something

Work = Force x displacement

tran

sla

te

Translate some more

(effort)

So…

Going back…

What is Watt?

Joule

second

Joule is the SI unit for work

A Watt is a joule per second

(unless you still don’t know this)

Second is a unit of timeWatt

Watt is a unit of powerOr!!!

What is Watt?

force x

displacement

second

Watt could also be calculated with this formula

WattOr!!!

What is Watt?

F x m

second

Watt could also be calculated with this formula

Watt

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