Exercise 1
Someone uses their laptop for 40 minutes. Their laptop has a power of 250 watt. In this time the laptop loses energy through things like heat and generating sound. In these 40 minutes the laptop loses 216000 joules to this. Calculate the efficiency of this laptop.
Exercise 2
When the sun is shining brightly, the incoming irradiation at an alpine hut is 1000 W/m2. A solar panel with a surface area of 1.8 m2 supplies a maximum power of 288 W.
Calculate the efficiency of this solar panel.
Exercise 3
A motorcycle has an efficiency of 27%. The motor cycle uses 7,4 liter of petrol to drive about 110 kilometer. There is 31500000 joules in one liter of petrol. Calculate how much energy in joules went into making the motor move.