You lift your pet cat vertically by 2.0 m, and then you lower it vertically by 2.0 m. During this exercise, is the total work done by gravity positive, negative, or zero? Explain your answer.

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You lift your pet cat vertically by 2.0 m, and

then you lower it vertically by 2.0 m. During this
exercise, is the total work done by gravity positive,
negative, or zero? Explain your answer.

Physics
high-school

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zero cause the positivity and negativity would cancel out

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