A person lifts a 5.5 kg cement block a vertical distance 1.1 m and then carries the block horizontally a distance 7.3 m. Determine the work done by the person and by the force of gravity in this process.

J (by person)
J (by force of gravity)

1 answer

No work is done during the horizontal motion.

The vertical-motion work done by the person is m g h. (h = 1.1 m)

Gravity does the same amount, but qwith a minus sign.