Answer:
12
Step-by-step explanation:
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Explanation:</h2>
In physics, work is defined force that causes displacement. So this can be expressed by the following equation:

Where:

The force can be found as:

And for the displacement:

The force (weight) is down and the displacement is up, then the work must be negative. So:

Yes because 3*5 = 15
Factors multiply to get the product.
Answer: -5/12
Step-by-step explanation: Before multiplying two fractions together by multiplying across their numerators and multiplying across their denominators, you should always try to cross-cancel as your first step.
So in this problem, the 2 and 8 cross-cancel to 1 and 4.
Also, watch out for your signs. In this problem we have a negative times a positive so we know that our answer will be negative.
Now we can multiply across the numerators and across the denominators.
So we have 5 · 1 which is 5 and 4 · 3 which is 12.
So our answer is -5/12.
Be very careful with your signs!
let's convert the mixed fractions to improper fractions firstly.
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