A person pushes horizontally on a heavy box and slides it across the level floor at constant velocity. The person pushes with a 60.0 N force for the first at which time he begins to tire

The force he exerts then starts to decrease linearly from 60.0 N to 0.00 N across the remaining How much total work did the person do on the box?
A) 619 J
B) 826 J
C) 495 J
D) 925 J


Answer: A

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