Question

A simple lever is used to lift a heavy load. When a 60 N force pushes one end of the lever down 1.0 m, the load rises 0.18 m. How much work is done by the 60 N force?

What is the gain in potential energy of the load?
well, the work done on both ends of the lever is the same.
and since PE = work, ...

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