MYP Physics · 05 · free response
Stair-climbing power race
Work, energy and power · Original GioPhysics question with a detailed, mark-by-mark answer guide.
- Demand
- demanding
- Marks
- 6
- Topics
- 1
- Answer
- Complete
Question6 marks
A 55 kg student climbs a vertical height of 4.0 m in 5.5 s. Use g = 9.8 N/kg to estimate the student's average mechanical power.
Task interpretation
What a complete response should do
Develop a connected physics argument and support each claim with a relationship, calculation, or observation.
Split the problem into linked stages and state why each relationship applies.
- Response type
- free response
- Allocation
- 6 marks
- Demand
- demanding
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