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Carlos uses a rope to pull his car 30 m to a parking lot because it ran out of gas. If Carlos exerts 2,000 N of force to pull the rope, and the rope is at an angle of 15° to the road, how much work did he do? Round your answer to two significant figures.

1.6 × 104 J
3.5 × 104 J
5.8 × 104 J
9.0 × 104 J

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Work = F d cosθ = (2000 N)(30 m) cos 15° = 60,000·0.9659 ≈ 5.80×10^4 J.

Answer: 5.8 × 10^4 J.