A grocery cart with a mass of 16 kg is pushed at constant speed along an aisle by a force fp = 12 n which acts at an angle of 17° below the horizontal. find the work done by each of the forces on the cart if the aisle is 13 m long. work done by the applied force

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Jayce Wells

Physics

17 March, 23:00

A grocery cart with a mass of 16 kg is pushed at constant speed along an aisle by a force fp = 12 n which acts at an angle of 17° below the horizontal. find the work done by each of the forces on the cart if the aisle is 13 m long. work done by the applied force

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Luz Daniel · Answer 1

Solution for this problem is we will be using the following formula:

Work done by applied force) = Force (applied) x s x cos θ

Where:

Force applied = 12 N

s = 13 m long

Angle = 17

So plugging in the values:

=>W (a) = 12 x 13 x cos 17

= 12 x 12.43196182

= 149.1835 J