A person gets a running start toward a wall from 5 m away. The person pushes the wall with a force of 500 N, but the wall does not move. How much work is done by the person
In this case, the person is applying a force to the wall, but since the wall does not move, no work is actually being done on the wall.
Work is defined as force multiplied by the distance over which the force is applied in the direction of the force. Since the wall does not move, the distance over which the force is applied is zero. Therefore, the work done by the person is also zero in this scenario.