A 2000-lb cube of ice must be lifted 100 ft and it is


Question: 1. A 2000-lb cube of ice must be lifted 100 ft, and it is melting at a rate of 4 lb per minute. If it can be lifted at a rate of one foot every minute, find the work needed to get the block of ice to the desired height.

2. A cylindrical garbage can of depth 3 ft and radius 1 ft fills with rainwater up to a depth of 2 ft. How much work would be done in pumping the water up to the top edge of the can? (Water weighs 62.4 lb/ft3.)

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