Four men lift a 250 kg box to a height of 1 m and hold it without raising or lowering it.
(a) How much work is done by the men in lifting the box?
(b) How much work do they do in just holding it?
(c) Why do they get tired while holding it? (g = 10 m s–2)
Mass of the box, m = 250 kg
Height, h = 1 m
Force, F = mg = 250 x 10 = 2500 N
(a) Work done by the men in lifting the box = F.S = 2500 x 1 = 2500 J
(b) Zero work is done , as the box does not move at all while holding it.
(c) The energy of man loses while applying the force and muscular effort is involved, In order to hold the box at a certain height. Due to loss of energy he felt tired.
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