Question

An elevator does 150,000 J of work while exerting a force of 1000 N to take people to the top floor of a building. What distance does the elevator travel?

3 m
150 m
149,000 m
150,000,000 m

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the distance that the elevator travels, we can use the work formula:

\[
\text{Work} = \text{Force} \times \text{Distance}
\]

We can rearrange this formula to solve for distance:

\[
\text{Distance} = \frac{\text{Work}}{\text{Force}}
\]

Given that the work done by the elevator is \(150,000 \, \text{J}\) and the force exerted is \(1000 \, \text{N}\), we can substitute these values into the equation:

\[
\text{Distance} = \frac{150,000 \, \text{J}}{1000 \, \text{N}} = 150 \, \text{m}
\]

Therefore, the distance that the elevator travels is **150 m**.

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