Simple Electrical Trick Question Maybe?

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The discussion revolves around the challenge of calculating power and energy from a given current function I(t) in a physics problem. The user has successfully converted the current to amperes per second but is struggling to find the necessary voltage to calculate power, indicating a missing variable. There is confusion regarding the specifics of the power being referenced and the need for clarity in the question posed. It is emphasized that to compute power accurately, the voltage as a function of time must be known. The thread highlights the complexities of electrical calculations when key information is absent.
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Homework Statement



I had posted another thread a week ago where I was given a function q(t) that t was defined in millisecond, and I had to evaluate q(t) at 0 and infinity then I had to do the same thing when I found the current I(t) in Coulombs/ms, Now i have do the same further more by finding P(t)..power...and W(t) watt-second/energy used, I believe

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By simply converting my equation I(t) to seconds I was able to find the amount of amperes a second, however, to find power there seems to be a missing "X" factor when will help me find the Power, I would need to know at least voltage or watts to figure either one out, Seems I have one unknown here voltage which I don't know where to derive from with just Amperes, not given any electrical resistance because this function is not modelling or was given said diagram
 
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I do believe there is a missing unknown, that is needed to solve for power in terms of watts? Can anyone confirm this?
 
The thread has had a lot of views. The reason no one has answered is because it it really hard to know what you are talking about just from this post.

I looked at the thread you referred back to (note: *I* had to search for it)...

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=370136

...and basically you're going to have to be a lot clearer about what question you are asking here. What power are you referring to? If you want to compute the power delivered by a source that is driving this current I(t), you need to know the voltage of that source as a function of time.
 
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