
A 10 kW drilling machine is used to drill a bore in a small aluminum block of mass 8.0 kg. How much is the rise in temperature of the block in 2.5 minutes, assuming 50 percent of power is used up in heating the machine itself or lost to the surroundings. Specific heat of aluminum = 0.91 J .
Energy used in heating = 50% =75 x 105J
There are three rules on determining how many significant figures are in a number:
So keeping these rules in mind, there are 4 significant digit
L = 3 H
f = 80 Hz
Inductive reactance