You and a friend carry identical boxes from the first floor of a bulding to a room on the second floor furhter down the hall.  You carry the first box up the stairs first, and then down the second floor hall to the room.  Your friend carries the box down the first floor hallway, then up a different staircase to the second floor.  How do the amounts of work done by the two of you to these identical boxes compare?

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You and a friend carry identical boxes from the first floor of a bulding to a room on the second floor furhter down the hall. 

You carry the first box up the stairs first, and then down the second floor hall to the room. 

Your friend carries the box down the first floor hallway, then up a different staircase to the second floor. 

How do the amounts of work done by the two of you to these identical boxes compare? 

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