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Suppose you lift a 20 kg box by a height of 1.0 m.

a. how much work do you do in lifting the box

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W=mgh W=(20)(9.8)(1) w=196J
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Answer: The work done in lifting something is W=mgh where m is the mass of the objet, g is the gravity acceleration and h is the height, this work is done because you are "fighting" against the force of gravity.

so in this case we have W = 20kg*9.8m/s*1m= 196N

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