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14. After finishing her homework, Sue climbs up a 5.00 m high flight of stairs to her bedroom

Find the magnitude of Sue's weight
and how much
work Sue does in climbing the stairs if she
has a mass of 50.0 kg? (4.90 x 2 N, 2450J)

User Hayman
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Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Height = 5m

Mass of Sue = 50kg

Unknown:

Magnitude of Sue's weight = ?

Work done by Sue = ?

Solution:

Weight is the vertical force exerted by a body in the presence of gravity.

Mathematically;

W = mg

m is the mass

g is the acceleration due to gravity = 9.8m/s²

Weight = 50 x 9.8 = 490N

Work done = Force x distance = weight x height

Work done = 490 x 5 = 2450J

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