A construction worker, 24 feet up on a scaffold, lifts a 4-lb rope hand over hand up to the scaffold to raise a cement block

Question

A construction worker, 24 feet up on a scaffold, lifts a 4-lb rope hand
over hand up to the scaffold to raise a cement block weighing 6
pounds off the ground. (Assume the rope is 24 feet long.)
How much work (in ft-lbs) is required to pull the rope and the block up
to the scaffold?

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