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Physics in walking up the stairs

kyraminchak12

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i don't know one person who actually enjoys walking up the stairs. in fact, i hear people complain about having to climb 3 flights of stairs multiple times a day! yet why is it so miserable? well in order to lift yourself up one step, there needs to be a force of at least your weight in order to go up the step. when there is a large amount of steps, that's a lot of work that is done in order for you to walk up the steps. since work is being done because a force is causing a displacement, that also means that there has been a change in energy. As you get higher up the steps you increase your potential energy. it's true, physics is really anywhere.

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LMCsings

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Wow Kyra so insightful and yes a lot of people complain about the stairs daily.

Tanner7

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I might be a one of those people complaining, well done, good entry Kyra.

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