Which situation results in no work being done?Multiple choice question.throwing a baseball to your friendlifting an object off of the groundpushing a car that will not start out of a garagecarrying a book toward the front of the class
Question
Which situation results in no work being done?Multiple choice question.throwing a baseball to your friendlifting an object off of the groundpushing a car that will not start out of a garagecarrying a book toward the front of the class
Solution
The situation that results in no work being done is "pushing a car that will not start out of a garage".
Here's why:
Work is defined in physics as the transfer of energy where a force is applied and the object moves in the direction of the force. The equation for work is Work = Force x Distance x cos(θ), where θ is the angle between the force and the direction of motion.
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Throwing a baseball to your friend: Work is done on the baseball by applying a force (throwing) which causes it to move in a certain direction.
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Lifting an object off of the ground: Work is done on the object by applying a force (lifting) which causes it to move in a certain direction (upwards).
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Pushing a car that will not start out of a garage: If the car does not move, despite the force being applied (pushing), then no work is done according to the physics definition of work. This is because the distance the car moves is zero, and multiplying anything by zero gives zero.
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Carrying a book toward the front of the class: Work is done on the book by applying a force (carrying) which causes it to move in a certain direction (towards the front of the class).
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