If you bend from the waist to pick up an object weighing 20 pounds (9.07 kg), the amount of pressure applied to your lower back is _____.

a. 2 pounds (0.9 kg)
b. 20 pounds (9.07 kg)
c. 200 pounds (90.7 kg)
d. 2,000 pounds (907 kg)


c. 200 pounds (90.7 kg)

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