You have a potato problem.
Your Uncle Bob is an amazing cook and you have acquired a large box of potatoes. Unfortunately Uncle Bob will only use his own stove to cook so you need to bring the potatoes to him. At first you simply attempt to pick up the box of potatoes, but the box of potatoes weighs over 50 pounds (222 Newtons) and you are only able to provide an upward force of - less than that.
The box does not move.
How much work have you done to the box of potatoes?
The answer is 0.
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1 solution
Since the box has not moved, even though you may have expended energy attempting to lift the box and applied a force to the box of potatoes, you have not done any work to the box of potatoes .