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What type of quantity is work in physics?
Scalar, having only magnitude and no direction.
When a ball is thrown upwards, what is the work done by the gravitational force on the ball?
Negative, equal to the weight multiplied by the displacement in the upwards direction.
In physics, work is defined as the energy transferred to or from an object via the application of force along a displacement. Which of the following statements about work is true?
Work equals the product of the force strength and the distance traveled when the force is constant and aligned with the direction of motion.
The SI unit of work is:
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$W = F ullet s ullet \cos(\theta)$ represents:
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