A 402-kg pile driver is raised 12 m above ground. (a) How much work must be done
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(a) How much work must be done to raise the pile driver?
(b) How much work does gravity do on the driver as it is raised?
(c) The driver is now dropped. How much work does gravity do on the driver as it falls?
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ISBN: 978-0077339685
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