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geerky42 (geerky42):

A heavy box is to be moved from the top of one table to the top of another table of the same height on the other side of the room. Is work required to do this?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The work you do is to counter its weight by gravity. That force is perpendicular to the distance travelled. Thus no work is done to the box.

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