Question

Hans Full is pulling on a rope to drag his backpack to school across the ice. He pulls upwards and rightwards with a force of 22.9 Newtons at an angle of 35 degrees above the horizontal to drag his backpack a horizontal distance of 129 meters to the right. Determine the work (in Joules) done upon the backpack.​

Answer 1

2420 J

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

Force (F) = 22.9 N

Angle (θ) = 35°

Distance (d) = 129 m

Workdone (Wd) =?

The work done can be obtained by using the following formula:

Wd = Fd × Cos θ

Wd = 22.9 × 129 × Cos 35

Wd = 22.9 × 129 × 0.8192

Wd ≈ 2420 J

Thus, the workdone is 2420 J.