Children in a tree house lift a small dog in a basket 4.90m up to their house. If it takes 201J of work to do this, what is the combined mass of the dog and basket?

4 answers

W=Fd
F=ma=mg

now solve for W

d=x=distance
W=ΔPE=mgh
m=W/gh
201/(9.82)(4.90)
4.18