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You did 130 J of work lifting a 100 N backpack. How high did you lift the backpack?

Respuesta :

Answer:

1.3 m

Explanation:

The work done in lifting the backpack is equal to the change in gravitational potential energy of the backpack, so:

[tex]\Delta U=W \Delta h[/tex]

where

W = 100 N is the weight of the backpack

[tex]\Delta h[/tex] is the change in heigth of the object

In this problem, we know that

[tex]\Delta U = 130 J[/tex]

so we can re-arrange the equation to find the change in height of the backpack:

[tex]\Delta h = \frac{\Delta U}{W}=\frac{130 J}{100 N}=1.3 m[/tex]