Homework Help: physics

Posted by dani on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 9:00pm.

a person carries a 58kg package of books up a flight of stairs

the length along the stairs is 24 meters

the vertical height of the stairs is 12 meters

how much work is done in raising the package

I know the answer is 6800 J but how to get????

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 9:19pm
work=m*g*h

where height is vertical height. g is the gravitational force field, 9.8N/kg
physics - nicki, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 10:14pm
oh my gosh thank you so much this totally helped

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