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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I would like to do it the correct way, but I am confused on the solution. I will get it figured out. Thank you for your help.

I guess I was unaware of how confused I am with this subject. How is energy coming into this problem? I thought the formula that I would use is force which is F= mass*gravity then multiply that by the displacement which in this case would be 4.3 c.m. for each book. Then I multiply that by the...

I apologize, but I am not sure what symbolic form is. Can you please explain further? Thank you

If I understand this right, for my second book, I would have 112 J. I took \pi//2 = 1.57 then multiplied that by 9.8*1.7 kg and got 26.16, then multiply that by the 4.3 cm and got 112 J for my final answer. then for the third book instead of multiplying it by 4.3 I would multiply it by 8.6 cm...

Homework Statement Eight books, each 4.3 cm thick with a mass of 1.7 kg, lie flat on a table. How much work is required to stack them one on top of another? Homework Equations w= Fdcos(\theta The Attempt at a Solution For the first book, there is no work required. The...