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Identify each situation as: WORK IS DONE or WORK IS NOT DONE
a.A teacher applies force to a wall and becomes exhausted.
b.A book falls off the table to the ground.
c.A rocket accelerates through space
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- 2. A boy pulls a 26.0-kg box with a 170-N force at 38° above a horizontal surface. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the horizontal surface is 0.18 and the box is pulled a distance of 28.0 is the net work done on the box? J 16 cct il6 cci16 what 091103 5 cci16 cei cei16arrow_forward7. A force of 180 N stretches a spring 0.050 m beyond its unstretched length. a. What is the spring constant of this spring? b. What magnitude of force is needed to stretch the spring 0.012 m beyond its unstretched length? C. How much work must be done to stretch the spring 0.012 m beyond its unstretched length? d. What magnitude of force is needed to compress the spring 0.025 m? e. How much work must be done to compress the spring 0.025 m?arrow_forwardA box sits on the horizontal bed of a truck that is accelerating to the left, as shown in the diagram. Static friction between the box and the truck keeps the box from sliding around as the truck accelerates. The work done on the box by the static friction force as the accelerating truck moves a distance D to the left is A. Positive B. Zero C. Negative D. Dependent upon the speed of the truckarrow_forward
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