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Intro to Calculating Work
9. Work & Energy / Intro to Calculating Work / Problem 4

A search and rescue helicopter lifts a distressed sailor of mass 85 kg using a cable from point A with cartesian coordinates ( xA = 3.5 × 103 m; yA = 0 m) to point B with cartesian coordinates ( xB = 2.2 × 103 m; yB = 18.5 m). Calculate the work done by the gravitational force during this rescue mission. Assume that the sailor is lifted up at constant speed.

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