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A rock with a mass of 1 kilograms is put aboard an airplane in New York City and flown to Boston. How much work does the gravitational field of the earth do on the rock?

I think the gravitational field G needs to be factored in.

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This is a conceptual explanation about the work done moving a rock and the potential energy in a gravitational field.

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A rock with a mass of 1 kilograms is put aboard an airplane in New York City and flown to Boston. How much work does the gravitational field of the earth do on the rock?

i think the gravitational field G needs to be factored in

The work is done by a force when the force displaces the body. The magnitude of the work done is ...

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