Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - The Dot Product - Exercise Set - Page 793: 56

Answer

The work done is 1970 foot-pounds.

Work Step by Step

Here, the wagon is pulled horizontally such that the angle between the force and direction of motion is $38{}^\circ $. Now, it is known that $\mathbf{W}=\left\| \mathbf{F} \right\|\left\| \mathbf{AB} \right\|\cos \theta $ …… (1) As it is given that $\left\| \mathbf{F} \right\|=25,\left\| \mathbf{AB} \right\|=100$ and $\theta =38{}^\circ $ …… (2) Therefore, use (2) in (1). So, $\begin{align} & \mathbf{W}=\left( 25 \right)\left( 100 \right)\cos \left( 38{}^\circ \right) \\ & =\left( 2500 \right)\left( 0.788 \right) \\ & \approx 1970 \end{align}$
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