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Can someone help me with this?

Jim pushes hard on a rock that weighs 500 pounds. He pushes with a force of 50 pounds, but the rock doesn't move. How much work did Jim do?

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He did 10%

Yea bc I’m correct
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Answer: He did 10% of the work.

Explanation: If Jim pushed with a force of 50 pounds on a 500-pound rock then he pushed with a force of 10% of that to the rock. 10% of 500 is 50.

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