Physics
In vector form, work done W is written as:
- x cos θ
- = F x S cos θ
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Reason — As force F and displacement S are vector quantities and work W is a scalar quantity so work is expressed as a dot product of force and displacement vectors. Hence, we get the expression :
The dot product of two vectors is a scalar.
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