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Originally Posted by rice_classic
Newton.. huh! What a simpleton! :P
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I say oversimplified because people take it out of context. The fact that 550lb is a measure of gravity's affect on an object obviously means whatever you're trying to move is working against a constant force. It's not just some object floating in space without gravity's affects. Right?
With that taken into consideration: work is accomplished any time something moves against a force acting upon it. So by saying work is being done when moving a 550lb object 1ft/sec, obviously it cannot be assumed it's happening in a weightless/frictionless environment. So my original statements are correct.
