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38.) if you pushed the bike up a long ramp, you would be doing work as you moved the mass of the bicycle up the distance traveled. If you lifted a bicycle straight up a set of steps to the same height position, which of the following is also true?
a. more force is required to move the bike up the stairs
b. it would require more work to move the bike up the ramp
c. more force is required to move the bike up the ramp
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