Question:

A farmer hitches her tractor to a sled loaded with firewood

Last updated: 6/5/2023

A farmer hitches her tractor to a sled loaded with firewood

A farmer hitches her tractor to a sled loaded with firewood and pulls it a distance of 20 m along level ground Fig 6 7a The total weight of sled and load is 14 700 N The tractor exerts a constant 5000 N force at an angle of 36 9 above the horizontal as shown in Fig 6 7b There is a 3500 N friction force opposing the sled s motion Find the work done by each force acting on the sled and the total work done by all the forces