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A man driving a car sees a deer crossing the road and brakes the car with a force of 100 N. The car stops after traveling 5m. What is the work done on the car?

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Answer:

Workdone = 500Nm

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the following data;

Force = 100N

Distance = 5m

To find the workdone;

Workdone is given by the formula;


Workdone = force * distance

Substituting into the equation, we have


Workdone = 100 * 5

Workdone = 500Nm

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