ANSWERS

Example Questions:

1. After packing your backpack with textbooks and your binder before the weekend, it takes you 96 N to lift you backpack a distance of 1.5m. How much work have you already done before you have even started your homework?

W=Fxd
=96Nx1.5m
=144 J

You have done a total of 144J of work by carrying your backpack a distance of 1.5m.

2. Phineas got a parcel from the FedEx truck and found that it was his new flat screen t.v. He needs to lift his parcel up the stairs over a distance of 4 meters. If it takes Phineas a total of 1500N to lift the parcel, how much work has Phineas done to lift the parcel?


W=Fxd
=1500Nx4m
=6000 J

Phineas has done 6000 J of work to lift the parcel over a distance of 4m using a force of 1500N.


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