Asked by Makayla
Is work being done in the following example?
A woman pushing on a locked door
Work is being done.
No work is being done.
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No work is done on the door. In mechanics work = F·d, and the door has no displacement (d = 0), so W = 0.
If you mean the woman, she still expends metabolic energy—muscles do internal work and produce heat—even though no mechanical work is done on the locked door.
If you mean the woman, she still expends metabolic energy—muscles do internal work and produce heat—even though no mechanical work is done on the locked door.
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