Two friends, Joe and Sam, go to the gym together to strength train. They decide to start off with an exercise called flat bench press. Lying flat on a bench with their arms in an extended position, they slowly lower (to their chest) and then raise a barbell back to the starting position. They start off by using a 31.5 kg barbell. Joe is taller than Sam which means Joe's arms are 68.6 cm long while Sam's are 60.8 cm. Calculate the work done by Joe, W_joe, when he raises the barbell to finish one repetition. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s^2.
Remember does the exercise. How does the amount of work Sam does, W_sam, lifting the weight the correct operator from the list below.
W_sam = W_Joe
W_sam > W_Joe
Wsam < W_Joe