Doing Work When You Carry Something Up Stairs

[yuhs]

Homework Statement

If you're carrying something in your pocket up the stairs are you doing work on it?

Homework Equations

W= fd

The Attempt at a Solution

it has force because its being carried up the stairs and it has direction so yes

 

[ideasrule]

Yes. To put it more precisely: "you're exerting a force on the object over some non-zero distance. Therefore, you're doing work."

 

[yuhs]

Thanks!