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600 Joules of work is used to lift a box from the ground to a height of six meters. How much work would have been done if a lever would have been used with an effort arm of 12 meters and a load arm of 6 meters?(1 point)
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600 J
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600 J.

Using a lever (ideal, no friction) halves the effort force (mechanical advantage = 12/6 = 2) but doubles the effort distance, so input work = output work = mgh = 600 J.