Suppose we use a string to suspend a ball from a hook in the ceiling. As the ball swings back and forth, which interaction does work on the system if we consider the system to be the ball or

A. The ball’s gravitational interaction with the earth
B. The ball’s contact interaction with the string
C. Both interactions
D. Neither interaction


A. The ball’s gravitational interaction with the earth

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A.

WA<WB.

B.
WA = WB.

C.
WA>WB.

D.
WB>WA if the volume of the ice cubes is greater than the volume of the water.

E.
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