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The Work in Moving

amandarocks27

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I am moving a friend into her new house pretty soon. As many know, moving involves a lot of lifting, carrying objects, and rearranging many times. Work is the process of moving an object by applying a force to it. Let's say that we're trying to move the TV which weights 22 kg onto a TV stand that is 3 meters above the floor. To find the work done on the TV, you would use the formula W=Fd, which can be changed into W=(m)(g)(d). So to solve for work you would plug in your units and it would look like this:

W=(22 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)(3 m).

In the end, 647.46 Joules of work were done on the TV! I just really hope that when I actually help this family move that they don't have more than one TV that is 22 kg!!!

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