You are moving into an apartment and take the elevator to the 6th floor. Suppose your weight is 770 N and that of your belongings is 1040 N. Determine the work done by the elevator in lifting you and your belongings up to the 6th floor (15.2 m) at a constant velocity.
I solved for work doing W=force*cos()*distance so,
W=1040*cos(180)*15.2 and got Work as 15808 and that wasn't right. I tried cos(0) as well and that wasn't right so I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
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