A clerk can lift containers a vertical distance of 1 m or can roll them up a 2-m-long ramp to the same elevation. With the ramp, the applied force required is about

A) half as much.
B) twice as much.
C) the same.


A

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A. tectonic plate carrying the volcanoes travels over the stationary hot spot. B. hot spot expands. C. hot spot travels. D. all of these

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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