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प्रश्न
When you move upstairs, do you perform some work?
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उत्तर
Yes, we perform work against gravity.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Define 1 J of work.
A boy of mass 40 kg climbs up the stairs and reaches the roof at a height 8 m in 5 s. Calculate:
- the force of gravity acting on the boy,
- the work done by him against the force of gravity,
- the power spent by boy. (Take g = 10 m s-2)
What should be the angle between the direction of force and the direction of motion of a body so that the work done is zero?
Why does a spanner have a long handle?
Can work done be zero even if force acts on the body?
Fill in the boxe to show the corresponding energy transformation.

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