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You can't. Work is (force) times (distance), so you have to know something

about the force. Just knowing the mass doesn't tell you anything about the

force ... unless there's actually something else about the mass that you've

overlooked.

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Work = force x distance IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FORCE

You've probably been given a question where you are lifting something up? Then in that case, the force is gravity. If you're not working against a force, figuring out work with just mass and distance is impossible.

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That's not enough information. distance x force = work, but mass is unrelated.

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