Ivan exerts 20 N of force to lift a basket 2 m. He then carries the basket 5 m across a room to place it on a shelf. Ivan does work when he . The amount of work he does is .

Respuesta :

A) Ivan does work when he lifts the basket

B) Work = Force * displacement 
W = 20 * 2
W = 40 Joules

So, The Amount of work he does is 40 Joules

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Explanation :

It is given that,

Force acting on Ivan,  [tex]F=20\ N[/tex]

Height of the basket above the ground, s = 2 m

Work done in this case would be :

 [tex]W=Fs\ cos\theta[/tex]

Where

[tex]\theta[/tex] is the angle between the force and the displacement and it is equal to 0.

So, [tex]W=20\ N\times 2\ m[/tex]

[tex]W=40\ J[/tex]

Ivan does work when he lifts the basket and it is equal to 40 J.

When he carries the basket 5 m across a room to place it on a shelf, then his weight is acting vertically downwards. The angle between the force and the displacement is now 90.

So, the work done he does is 0.