On 15/03/2019 23:24, Rod Speed wrote:


"Chris Green" wrote in message

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Turning a handle or pushing a lever
is simply 'work' as in force x distance.

But pressing it with your finger isnt either.

So when you press this 'switch' with a finger, you're not applying a
force which moves a finite distance?

Or isn't "work = force x distance" any more? When did that change?