You use an elevator to travel from the first floor (h = 0) to the fourth floor
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You use an elevator to travel from the first floor (h = 0) to the fourth floor of a building (h = 12 m). If you start from rest and you end up at rest on the fourth floor, what is the work done by gravity on you? Assume you have a mass of 70 kg.
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College Physics Reasoning and Relationships
ISBN: 978-0840058195
2nd edition
Authors: Nicholas Giordano
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