To clean a frictionless surface, a worker drags a vacuum cleaner at a 25° angle to the horizontal with a force F of magnitude 45 N. What is the magnitude of the work done by the weight of the vacuum cleaner as it moves 35.4 m to the right?

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To clean a frictionless surface, a worker drags a vacuum cleaner at a 25° angle to the horizontal with a force F of magnitude 45 N. What is the magnitude of the work done by the weight of the vacuum cleaner as it moves 35.4 m to the right?

 

 

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