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This is work and power, can someone please show me how to compute this?
A 5.1 x 102 kg prize-winning pumpkin is raised from the ground to a truck platform, a distance of 1.1 m, by several volunteers. The action takes 3.2 seconds. Calculate:
a) the work required to raise the pumpkin
b) the power of the lift
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