IMGOOD Messages 32 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Jan 20, 2007 #1 Is a work done by a force equal to the sum of the work done by the its components?
radou Homework Helper Messages 3,149 Reaction score 8 Jan 20, 2007 #2 IMGOOD said: Is a work done by a force equal to the sum of the work done by the its components? Try to think of an example to prove/disprove your point. Let a force F be doing some work on a displacement d. Define the work and look at the scalar product.
IMGOOD said: Is a work done by a force equal to the sum of the work done by the its components? Try to think of an example to prove/disprove your point. Let a force F be doing some work on a displacement d. Define the work and look at the scalar product.