Question

You are loading a refrigerator weighing 2289 N onto a truck, using a wheeled cart. The refrigerator is raised 1.02 m to the truck bed when it is rolled up a ramp. (Assume that there is no frictional force between the refrigerator and the ramp.)

(a) Calculate the minimum work that must be done by the force you apply and the magnitude of the force if the ramp is at an angle with the horizontal of 45.0°.

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(b) Calculate the minimum work that must be done by the force you apply and the magnitude of the force if the ramp is at an angle with the horizontal of 10.6°.

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Answer 1