1. When you lift a book from the ground to your desk, what kind of work do you do, negative or positive? By lifting the book, what do you change? Does the book gain or lose energy? What kind of energy?

1. When you lift a book from the ground to your desk, what kind of work do you do, negative or positive? By lifting the book, what do you change? Does the book gain or lose energy? What kind of energy?

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The Solar System

10th Edition

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Author:The Solar System

Publisher:The Solar System

Chapter5: Gravity

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 32RQ: If you hold this textbook out at shoulder height and let go, at the instant you let go, does the...

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