The Work Equation

A boy lifts a 30N toy car 2 meters above the ground. How much work did the boy do on the car?

• 60 Joules

• 30 Joules

• 15 Joules

• no work

If you are in a car that is being pulled down a 56.0 m path with a force of 12.5 N, what is the work done on the car?

• 44 Joules

• 68.5 Joules

• 700 Joules

• No work

A force of 15 N was used to push a box a distance of 3.4 meters. How much work was done?

• 51 Joules

• 20 Joules

• 30 Joules

• No work

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Amy uses 20N of force to push a lawn mower 10 meters. How much work does she do?

• 20 Joules

• 200 Joules

• 2 Joules

• no work

How much work does an elephant do while moving a circus wagon 20 meters with a pulling force of 200N?

• 4000 Joules

• 2000 Joules

• 1000 Joules

• 500 Joules

It took 500 newtons of force to push a car 4 meters. How much work was done?

• 500 Joules

• 1000 Joules

• 2000 Joules

• no work

A football player with the force of 500 N leaps 2 m into the air. How much work was done?

• 1000 Joules

• 250 Joules

• 500 Joules

• no work

A weightlifter raises a 700 N barbell a distance of 3 m. How much work was done?

• 2100 Joules

• 500 Joules

• 1000 Joules

• 100 Joules

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Some threw a boomerang with 40 N of force and it went 300 meters. How much work was done?

• 600 Joules

• 300 Joules

• 12000 Joules

• no work

A field goal kicker, kicks a football with 15 Newtons of force 35 meters. How much work was done?

• 50 Joules

• 525 Joules

• 100 Joules

• no work