There is a gain in energy when work is done. In terms of energy, what happens to the work done in pushing an object across a level floor with a constant force
when you push the object across the floor you are doing work on to the system pushing it in the same direction of the movement. Therefore your energy will equal the force x the distance moved. Your energy will be transferred to the object in the units of joules.
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Work is a force applied through a distance.
According to the work energy theorem, total work = change in kinetic energy.
If the constant applied force is the only force acting on the object, then the change in kinetic energy = force * displacement.
when you push the object across the floor you are doing work on to the system pushing it in the same direction of the movement. Therefore your energy will equal the force x the distance moved. Your energy will be transferred to the object in the units of joules.