If a person lifts up a heavy box weighing 500 N a distance of 20 cm off the ground, but then gets tired and places the box right back where they originally lifted it up from, how much work was done on the box at the end? O a O b Oc Od 10000 J, you get this by multiplying 500 by 20 cm 100 J, you get this by multiplying 500 by 0.2 m, which is 20 cm converted to meters Greater than 10000 J, since you have to provide an unknown force larger than 500 to exceed the weight OJ, since the box ended up in the same place it started, the displacement is 0, as is the work

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If a person lifts up a heavy box weighing 500 N a distance of 20 cm off the ground, but then gets tired and places the box right back where they
originally lifted it up from, how much work was done on the box at the end?
O a
O b
O c
Od
10000 J, you get this by multiplying 500 by 20 cm
100 J, you get this by multiplying 500 by 0.2 m, which is 20 cm converted to meters
Greater than 10000 J, since you have to provide an unknown force larger than 500 to exceed the weight
OJ, since the box
place it started, the displacement is 0, as is the work
ended up in the
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B
Ma
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P
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De
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Transcribed Image Text:If a person lifts up a heavy box weighing 500 N a distance of 20 cm off the ground, but then gets tired and places the box right back where they originally lifted it up from, how much work was done on the box at the end? O a O b O c Od 10000 J, you get this by multiplying 500 by 20 cm 100 J, you get this by multiplying 500 by 0.2 m, which is 20 cm converted to meters Greater than 10000 J, since you have to provide an unknown force larger than 500 to exceed the weight OJ, since the box place it started, the displacement is 0, as is the work ended up in the P S DUS B Ma P P LESS De same W mu CO W We w forma W P B M P m
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