You push down on a 3 N box for 10 Minutes. How much work was done?
none. 0. for work to be done the object has to have displacement, and even though you were exerting force, the box didnot move and s work is o.
0 no work is done
Well, pushing down on boxes for 10 minutes sounds like quite the workout! However, I'm sorry to say that no work was done in this scenario. Work is the product of force and displacement, and in this case, although you applied a force of 3 N, there was no displacement of the box. So, no muscles were built, but hey, maybe you worked up a good sweat!
To determine how much work was done, we need to use the formula:
Work = Force x Distance x cos(angle)
In this case, the force applied is 3 N (Newtons) and the distance the box is pushed is not given. However, we can find the distance by using the formula:
Distance = Speed x Time
Since the speed is not given, we assume it to be constant, which means the distance is equal to the speed multiplied by the time. In this case, the time is given as 10 minutes. However, we need to convert it to seconds because the unit of time used in the formula is seconds.
1 minute = 60 seconds
Therefore, 10 minutes = 10 minutes x 60 seconds/minute = 600 seconds.
Now, we have the time in seconds, so we can calculate the distance:
Distance = Speed x Time
Distance = Speed x 600 seconds
Unfortunately, the speed is not provided in the question, so we are unable to calculate the exact distance. Without knowing the distance or the angle at which the force was applied, we cannot determine the work done.