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Zak, helping his mother rearrange the furniture in their living room, moves a 50-kg sofa 6 meters with a constant force of 20 newtons. Neglecting friction,
a. What is the work done by Zak on the sofa?
b. What is the average acceleration of the sofa?

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The solution examines work and average acceleration for furniture in a living room.

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The work done is:

W = F . d

Where F is the force and d is the distance. Note that ther is a dot product between these ...

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