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A weight of 100 pounds moved a distance of 12 feet equals 120 240 1200 ft.-lbs. of work.
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A weight of 100 pounds moved a distance of 12 feet equals 120 240 1200 ft.-lbs. of work.

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Work = Fdcos(alpha)

Where F is force, D is distance, and Alpha is the angle to the parallel plane (in this case the ground)

I’ll assume alpha is 0 since it’s not given

100 • 12 • cos(0) = 1200 ft-lbs
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