Question

A woman pushes a 3.2kg textbook on a table as she walks forward 3.5 meters. How much work does the vertical component of the force from her hand do on the textbook?in j

Answer 1

The done by the vertical component of force is zero.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data,

The mass of the textbook the women pushes horizontally, m = 3.2 kg

The displacement of the textbook, S = 3.5 m

Let the force of the women acts on the book horizontally,

Therefore, the horizontal component of force is maximum and the vertical component is zero.

If F is the force applied by the women, then the horizontal and vertical component of the force is,

`F_(x)=F Cos\theta`

`F_(y)=F Sin\theta`

Since the force is acting along with the horizontal x component, the vertical component of the force is zero.

Hence, the done by the vertical component of force is zero.