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प्रश्न
In loading a truck, a man lifts boxes of 100 N each through a height of 1.5 m.
How much energy is transferred when one box is lifted?
उत्तर
The work done against gravity is stored in the box in the form of potential energy. So, energy transferred when one box is lifted is 150 J
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