A veterinarian picks up a small dog from the floor and places it on the operating table. if the dog weighs 80N and the operating table is 1.25m high, how much work does the veterinarian do?
The amount of work can be measured by multiplying the force done to the distance it is subjected to. In this problem the dog weighs 80N. Newton is a unit of force. The operating table is 1.25m high. This is the distance. Then work is equal to 100J.
