Question

a 35n bucket of water is lifted vertically 3.0 m and then returned to its original position. how much work did gravity do on the bucket during this process?

Answer 1

how can the answer be 0?
is it because it is negative on the way up and positive on the way down?

Answer 2

so they cancel out?

Answer 3

work is equal to force times distance, right?

Answer 4

f*distance*costheta

Answer 5

http://ionaphysics.org/classroom/lessons/Ch6MidYrRev.pdf

Answer 6

yeah that has the answers but not how to solve it

Answer 7

q4 is your questions

Answer 8

if we end up where we started, the distance (or displacement is a better term) is zero

Answer 9

AH now that makes sense. thank you very much

Answer 10

youre welcome