Question

Shani poses as the Statue of Liberty for an art class. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand and a book against her side with her left hand. She holds the pose for ten minutes. At the end of the session, she mentions to her friend that it was a lot of work to pose and that her arms are really tired. Which describes the work Shani did while she posed?(assume the starting work position is when her hand is already raised )

Answer 1

Answer: The work Shani did was simply staying at a position for a long time, which was actually 10minutes and holding a torch and book.

Explanation:

The work Shani did was simply staying at a position for a long time, which was actually 10minutes and holding a torch and book. There is some amount of work that's required when a human is static at a particular location, this is due to the fact that the weight of her body will be much on the legs and the object she is carrying will have it's share of weight on her hands. This is a work on it's own