Suppose you are re-shelving books in a library. You lift a
Chapter 5, Problem 5.2.13(choose chapter or problem)
Suppose you are re-shelving books in a library. You lift a book from the floor to the top shelf. The kinetic energy of the book on the floor was zero, and the kinetic energy of the book on the top shelf is zero, so there is no change in kinetic energy. Yet you did some work in lifting the book. Is the workenergy theorem violated?
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