Question

Calculate the work done by an 85.0-kg man who pushes a crate 4.00 m up along a ramp that makes an angle of 20.0° with the horizontal (see below). He exerts a force of 500 N on the crate parallel to the ramp and moves at a constant speed. Be certain to include the work he does on the crate and on his body to get up the ramp.

Answer 1

Answer: Given mass of man = 85kg

Distance crate was pushed = 4m

Force exerted on crate = 500N

Angle inclined = 20°

Let Total force exerted Ft = (mg * sin(20)) + 500

Ft =( 85*9.81* sin20°) + 500

Ft = 758N

Work done Wd = Ft * distance

Wd = 785 * 4 = 3.14 * 10^3J