Shouldn't the slopped distance be considered instead of the height?
(Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: chapter 233)
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Not quite, you have to multiply distance by the force applied to the object (its weight in Newtons), but they're using its mass (kilograms).
It's actually
98 Nm, sinceweight = mass * gravitational accelerationandg ≈ 9.8 m/s²(you'll see people give more digits but it actually varies by at most0.1 m/s²or so depending on where you are).