when a book falls from a shelf to the ground without anyone pushing on it, no work is done to the book. True or False

Physics

1 answer:

VikaD [51]2 years ago

8 0

That's false.

-- The force on the book is its weight.

-- The force acts through the distance the book falls.

-- The work done on the book is

(weight) x (length of the fall)

-- Gravity DOES the work.

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