So far, since you moved into the apartment until the end of this much of the story, you haven't done ANY work on the dresser yet.
I'll admit that you pushed, groaned and grunted, sweated and strained plenty. You're physically and mentally exhausted, you're not interested in the dresser at the moment, and right now you just want to snappa cappa brew, crash on the couch, and watch cartoons on TV. But if you've done your Physics homework, you know you haven't technically done any <u><em>work</em></u> yet.
In Physics, "Work" is the product of Force times Distance.
Since the dresser hasn't budged yet, the Distahce is zero. So no matter how great the Force may be, it's multiplied by zero, so the <em>Work is zero</em>.
During the period of constant acceleration, the car's average speed is (1/2) (16 + 32) = 24 m/s.
At that average speed, it covers 240 meters in 10 seconds.
