Built around 2600B.C.E. the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is 146m high and has a square base of side 230m Find the work (against gravity) required to build the pyramid if the density of the stone is eatimated at 2000kg/m3.

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Built around 2600B.C.E. the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is 146m high and has a square base of side 230m Find the work (against gravity) required to build the pyramid if the density of the stone is eatimated at 2000kg/m3.

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