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Your family is moving to a new home. While lifting a box 1.5 m straight up to put it

on a truck, you exert an upward force of 200 N. Calculate the amount of work you
did.
A.300
B.133 J
C.201.5 J
D.198.53

Your family is moving to a new home. While lifting a box 1.5 m straight up to put-example-1
User Ranie
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Answer:

A. 300 J

Step-by-step explanation:

As work done can be calculated as force applied times the displacement of the body in the same direction.

now, according to the question,

upward force = 200N and upward displacement = 1.5m

So,

work done = 200N × 1.5m

= 300J

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