My question is less about the actual physics, and more about the convention - it seems to me that writing W=Fd is inaccurate, as d represents distance, not displacement (s).
I have been taught that work = force x distance moved in direction of force, or
W=Fd
However, should this not be W=Fs, as what is really meant is displacement (s), not distance (d)?
Thank you - I sense that this is something the real Dr Moriarty would have known...