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Work is the force multiplied by displacement. If i carried my sofa to the moon and back, at the exact same spot. My displacement would be 0, does this mean that i have done no work?
Justin Lazear said:The work you do to move the sofa off the Earth is given back to you when you move the sofa back onto it. You don't even have to move the sofa to the same spot on the earth.
--J
Justin Lazear said:Work, in general, is not force times displacement. However, the result is still the same. If you moved your sofa to the moon and back (presuming you never gave away any energy in the process), you would have done no net work. The work you do to move the sofa off the Earth is given back to you when you move the sofa back onto it. You don't even have to move the sofa to the same spot on the earth.
SpaceTiger said:Hmm, I'm not sure I agree with this.
Justin Lazear said:You're right. The work done on the sofa is zero, but the work that you do on the sofa is not.
Justin Lazear said:So I guess the moral of the story is to be specific in describing your scenario.
Justin Lazear said:So I guess the moral of the story is to be specific in describing your scenario.
--J
Forget about going around the world, just think of carrying the sofa across the room. Ignoring any work done lifting the sofa, are you doing any work on the sofa by just carrying it parallel to the ground?misogynisticfeminist said:what if i carried the sofa around the world, at constant velocity?
misogynisticfeminist said:ahh alright, maybe the moon was a bad example because there's stuff about the gravitational field. what if i carried the sofa around the world, at constant velocity?
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