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When you carry an object while walking at constant speed in a straight line, you exert an upward force on the object. Why are you not doing any work on the object?

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Yes you can’t laptop kelelfoc
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When you carry an object while walking at constant speed in a straight line, you exert an upward force on the object.

Because any distance is not covered.

As

work done =displacement * force

if displacement is zero work done also be zero.

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