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Water falls from a height of 60 m at the rate of 15 `kg//s` to operate a turbine. The losses due to frictional forces are 10% of energy. How much power is generated by the turbine (g=10 `ms^(2)`).

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7.0 W

B

8.1 kW

C

10.2 kW

D

12.3 kW

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