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Consider a 20-foot chain that weighs 3 pounds per foot hanging from a winch 20 feet above ground level. Find the work done by the winch in winding up the specified amount of chain. Wind up the entire chain.

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First, we need to state the equations we will need in this example\textrm{\textbf{First, we need to state the equations we will need in this example}}

W=abx  dF  (1)\Huge \color{#c34632} \boxed{W = \int _a ^b x\; dF \; } \Rightarrow (1)

dF=Wper  feet  dy(2)\Huge \color{#c34632} \boxed{dF = W_{per\; feet} \; dy} \Rightarrow (2)

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