How to Calculate Work When Force Components Are Given?

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1. Homework Statement
What should be the value of Work,if vertical component is 2/3 time to the horizontal component of the applied force,while displacement covered in the direction of applied force is X meters?

Homework Equations

W=F.d.....(1)

The Attempt at a Solution

IF horizontal comonent of force is taken as F
then vertical component will be equal to 2/3 : F = 2/3F so then find the magnitude of the force
F=F^2 +2/3F^2 (whole underroot)
and then put the value in equa (1).
now tell me that am i right please?

 

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</code>No, you are not right. The equation W = Fd does not take into account the direction of the force or the displacement. It is a simple equation of work, or energy transfer, and is simply a product of the two variables. So, in this case, if F is the magnitude of the applied force, then Work = F x d, regardless of the direction of the force. Therefore, the vertical/horizontal components of the force do not matter.