Question

While helping a friend move, you lift a 176 N box full of books and perform 180 J of work to do so. What distance, directly upward, do you lift the box? Show all your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

d = 1.022 [m]

Explanation:

Work in physics is defined as the product of force by distance. In this way we have the following expression.

$W=F*d$

where:

W = work done = 180 [J] (units of Joules)

F = force = 176 [N]

d = distance [m]

$d = W/F\\d = 180/176\\d = 1.022 [m]$