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Question #144479

Dogs pull a sled 355 meters using 39900 Joules of energy. Calculate average force.

Expert's answer

The work is force times distance (in case the force and displacement are parallel and in one direction). The average force, thus, is

"F=\\frac Wd=112\\text{ N}."

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