On a hot, summer day you put both of your hands on a 420-Kg yellow fire hydrant. This is attached properly to an underground water pipe. With all of your might, you push east on that fire hydrant for exactly 60 minutes. It did NOT move. How much work did you do?
Choose the best answer from the options below:
A “all of your might”
B 1.0 J
C 0.0 J
D 25,200 J
E 7 J
The correct answer is C) 0.0 J. Work is defined as the product of force applied and the distance moved in the direction of the force. Since the fire hydrant did not move, there was no distance moved and therefore no work done.
To determine the amount of work done, you can use the formula:
Work = Force x Distance
However, in this scenario, since the fire hydrant did not move, it means that there was no displacement, and therefore no distance traveled. As a result, the work done would be zero.
So, the correct answer is:
C) 0.0 J