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While helping a friend move, you lift a 176 N box full of books and perform 180 J of work to do so. What distance, directly upward, do you lift the box? Show all your work.
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While helping a friend move, you lift a 176 N box full of books and perform 180 J of work to do so. What distance, directly upward, do you lift the box? Show all your work.

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Answer:

d = 1.022 [m]

Step-by-step explanation:

Work in physics is defined as the product of force by distance. In this way we have the following expression.


W=F*d

where:

W = work done = 180 [J] (units of Joules)

F = force = 176 [N]

d = distance [m]


d = W/F\\d = 180/176\\d = 1.022 [m]

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