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Yes, your books have wight due to gravity and thus you are carrying this weight down the hall, the work is mgh = book-weightxh where h is the height you are carrying the books at.

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Explain why you are doing work on a book when you pick it up but not when you carry it across the room.?

The scientific definition of work is using force to move an object over a distance. When you use your hand to lift the book off the floor, you are going against the force of gravity that is attracting it to the floor in order to lift the book in the air, from one location to the next. However, when you carry a book across the room, you are not fighting a force. As a matter of fact, the book has not left your hand; therefore, you are not moving it anywhere. The tricky thing is to not think of of the book as moving across the room - YOU are moving across the room; the book is still sitting in your hand. Now, if you THROW the book across the room, that is different entirely.


What factors might affect the force needed to drag a book?

Factors that might affect the force needed to drag a book include the book's weight, the coefficient of friction between the book and the surface it's being dragged on, the angle at which the book is being dragged, and any obstacles or surface irregularities that could increase resistance.


What are thre forces acting on the book?

The three forces acting on a book could include gravity, which pulls the book downward towards the Earth; the normal force exerted by the surface the book is resting on, which pushes the book upwards to balance gravity; and friction if the book is being pushed or pulled across a surface.


Think Critically A book resting on a table slows down and comes to a stop Explain whether the forces acting acting on the book are balanced or unbalanced?

As long as the book's velocity changes, there is a net forces acting on it - in other words, the forces are unbalanced. By the way ... How exactly does a book that is resting on a table slow down and come to a stop ?


When a book falls from a shelf to the ground without anyone pushing it Is work is being done on the book?

Work is being done by the force of gravity. When the book falls to the floor, there's a force on it, and the force keeps acting on it as it covers the distance. A force acting through a distance is the definition of work. Maybe there's nobody pushing the book, but the force of gravity is pulling it down, and it's the force of gravity that does the work on the book.

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