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Does the transfer of energy take place when you push a huge rock with all your might and fail to move it ? Where is the energy you spend going ?

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When we push a huge rock, there is no transfer of muscular energy to the stationary rock. Also, there is no loss of energy because muscular energy is transferred into heat energy, which causes our body to become hot.
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