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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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50 J
50 J
100 J
100 J
72 J
72 J
600 J
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600 J.
Reason: an ideal lever doesn't change the work, only the force and distance. The load force = 600 J / 6 m = 100 N. Effort = 100*(6/12) = 50 N and it moves 12 m, so work = 50 N * 12 m = 600 J.
Reason: an ideal lever doesn't change the work, only the force and distance. The load force = 600 J / 6 m = 100 N. Effort = 100*(6/12) = 50 N and it moves 12 m, so work = 50 N * 12 m = 600 J.
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