A 2.0 kg book is lying on a 0.75-m-high table.

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2022-01-02

A 2.0 kg book is lying on a 0.75-m-high table. You pick it up and place it on a bookshelf 2.3 m above the floor. During this process, 
How much work does gravity do on the book?

Answer & Explanation

Shannon Hodgkinson

Shannon Hodgkinson

Beginner2022-01-03Added 34 answers

Given data:
Mass of the book, m=2.0 kg
Height of the book table, h1=0.75 m
Displacement of the book,
d=h2h1
=2.30.75
=1.55 m
Graviational force on the book:
F=mg
=2.0×9.81
=19.62 N
Work done by gravity on the on the book:
W=Fdcosθ
=19.62×1.55×cos(180)
=30.41 J

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