medium · MCAT chem-phys
A weightlifter slowly lowers a 100 kg barbell from over their head to their chest. During this motion, the net work done on the barbell is:
- Zero, if the speed is constant.
- Equal to mgh.
- Negative, because gravity is doing work.
- Positive, because the barbell is moving.
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