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Grade 129 grade science

A person holds a bundle of hay over his head for 30 minutes and gets tired. Has he done some work or not? Justify your answer.

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

Work is said to be done when force is applied on a body and the body shows the displacement. In this case force is applied on hay bundle but there is no displacement of it. Hence no work is said to be done on the hay.

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