How much work does it take to raise a 12 kg weight 1 m ?

1 Answer
Mar 18, 2018

Here work is done against the gravitational force which supplies the required amount of potential energy to be at 1m above the ground. (Considering ground to be the reference level)

So,potential energy of the mass 1m above the ground is mgh=12×9.8×1=117.6J