A 1.5 kg book is lying on a 0.70 m -high table. You pick it up and place it on a bookshelf 2.0 m above the floor.

During this process, how much work does gravity do on the book?
-> 1.5 * -9.8 * 1.3 = -19.1 J

During this process, how much work does your hand do on the book?

1 answer

-19.1