you lift a chair that weighs 50 n to a height of 0.5cm and carry it 10 m across the room how much work do you do on the chair.
I just want to make sure is it 25J because you are only doing work if you are lifting it but walking with it isn't work because the direction of the objects motion isnt the same as the direction of force. Am I right?
your logic is good, but I suspect you meant to lift the chair 50cm, or .5m
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Yes, you are correct! In order to determine the work done on the chair, you need to consider the different components involved.
First, let's calculate the work done in lifting the chair. The work done when lifting an object is given by the formula:
Work (W) = Force (F) × Distance (d) × cos(θ)
In this case, the force (F) is the weight of the chair, which is given as 50 N. The distance (d) is the height the chair is lifted, which is 0.5 cm (or 0.005 m). The angle (θ) between the force and the direction of motion is 0° because the force is acting vertically upward while the chair is being lifted vertically upward. Therefore, cos(θ) is equal to 1.
Using these values, we can calculate the work done in lifting the chair:
Work = 50 N × 0.005 m × cos(0°)
Work = 0.25 Joules (J)
So, lifting the chair requires 0.25 J of work.
However, as you correctly mentioned, carrying the chair across the room does not involve doing any work on the chair. This is because the force you exert when walking with the chair is perpendicular to the direction of motion. According to the work formula, work is only done when the force and the direction of motion are in the same direction. In this case, the force you exert to carry the chair is horizontal, while the motion is in the horizontal direction as well. Therefore, the work done in carrying the chair is zero.
Hence, the total work done on the chair is 0.25 J when lifting it, and zero when carrying it across the room.