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Grade 12Mechanics

a child builds a tower from three blocks. the blocks are uniform cubes of sides 2 cm. the blocks are initially lying on the same horizontal surface and each block has a mass of 0.1 kg. find the work done by the child in building the tower

Profile image of Nishtha Gahlot
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Agastya Varma
8 Years ago
h1=height the center of mass of first block is raised
h2=height the center of mass of the second block is raised
work done = mgh1+mgh2
                 = 0.1*10*(3/100)+0.1*10*(5/100)
=0.08J