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Question
In loading a truck, a man lifts boxes of 100 N each through a height of 1.5 m.
How much energy is transferred when one box is lifted?
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Solution
The work done against gravity is stored in the box in the form of potential energy. So, energy transferred when one box is lifted is 150 J
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