FIGURE 8-1 -You Need to Load a Crate of Mass M onto Mass

question 31

Multiple Choice

FIGURE 8-1
-You need to load a crate of mass m onto the bed of a truck. One possibility is to lift the crate straight up over a height h, equal to height of the truck's bed. The work done in this case is W₁. The other possibility is to slide the crate up the frictionless ramp of length L as shown in Fig. 8-1. In this case you perform work W₂. What statement is true?

• A)W₁ < W₂
• B)W₁ = W₂
• C)W₁ > W₂
• D)No simple relationship exists between W₁ and W₂.

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