While driving down an icy road in his pickup truck, Dan slid off the road into a ditch. He and his two friends each exerted a force of 200 N on the truck for two minutes, but failed to move it. The work done by the three friends on the truck was?

Question

While driving down an icy road in his pickup truck, Dan slid off the road into a ditch.  He and his two friends each exerted a force of 200 N on the truck for two minutes, but failed to move it.  The work done by the three friends on the truck was?

the answer is 3.0m/s but isn't work in Joules?!?!

bobpursley · Answer

Nuts to your "answer". Work=force*distancemoved

Stacy · Answer

lol! thank! i was thinking i was missing something! :P