A Bridge Worker Needs to Pull a 10-Meter Uniform Cable

question 101

True/False

A bridge worker needs to pull a 10-meter uniform cable with mass 3 kg/meter up to the work platform.A second worker needs to pull an identical cable (which is one-half as long)up one-half the original distance.Will the second worker do one-half the work of the first worker? Assume that each cable is hanging straight down from its platform.

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