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if a person pushes against a wall with all of their might until they are completely exhausted, how much work was done?
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if a person pushes against a wall with all of their might until they are completely exhausted, how much work was done?

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No work was done. If you push hard against a wall, you will eventually get very tired, but you will not do any work unless you actually move the wall in the direction you are pushing.
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