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Matter In Our Surroundings

Question
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A porter lifts a luggage of 15 kg from the ground and puts it on her head 2 m above the ground. Calculate the work done by her on the luggage? Take g - 10 ms-2.

Solution

Force applied is equal to the weight of object = mg = 15 x 10 = 150 N

Displacement, s = 1.5 m

Work done, W = Fs = 150 N x 1.5 m

                      = 225 Nm
                      = 225 J.