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Old 23rd-May-2008, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LMagic007 View Post
There is no difficulty and nothing to grasp. Of course rate does not require the passage of time,
Glad you agree with that. You now see that power, as a rate of doing work, does not require the passage of time.
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As I said though energy can be instantaneous regardless of time, because its always present in varying forms and is more fundamental than power.
It can not be instantaneous.
Consider the fundamental relationship:
Energy = power x time.
That simply precludes energy being instantaneous.
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