Which one requires you to do more work:
1) lifting a suitcase straight up into the cabinet
(or)
2) using an inclined ramp and pushing the suitcase into the cabinet
2007-02-14 14:16:32 · 16 answers · asked by cool nerd 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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2007-02-14 14:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-15 18:15:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-14 22:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by ACV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-14 22:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by sideways 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-14 22:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-14 22:18:58 · answer #6 · answered by Cister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If work = force x displacement, sliding is more work.
Why? You only have to move it along the vertical axis in senario 1. If you slid it, you'd have to move it along the hypotenuse of a right triangle, and a squared + b squared = c squared. I am of corse assuming that in senario 1, the suitcase really is directly beneath the cabinet. Also, senario 2 involves more math work, because even once you use that triangle therom (that I can't remember the propper name of), you have to use vector quantities to solve the force issue, and then account for friction. Ugh.
I think....
Sh*t cool nerd, you can't ask that kind of stuff. Thinking is too hard on Y!A. I think I'll grab another beer and try to forget you asked...
2007-02-14 22:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by toolate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The inclined ramp would require slightly more work overall, but would probably seem easier if the suitcase were heavy.
2007-02-14 22:22:47 · answer #8 · answered by OOGLY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2)
2007-02-14 22:19:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 - and that's not even counting the work it takes to put the inclined ramp into place.
2007-02-14 22:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by Andrew 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋