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Kate was doing some resistance training where she would push against a brick wall

for 30 seconds. Which of the following statements best explains this situation in
terms of Work and Energy.
Kate did not do any work on the wall, because the wall did not move.
Kate used stored energy in her body which was likely converted to heat energy-
Kate did not change the Kinetic Energy of the wall; she did not change the
gravitational potential energy of the wall; and she did not change the elastic
potential energy of the wall.
All of the above statements are true.

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Kate did not do any work on the wall , because the wall did not move

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