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Homework Help: Work Question

  1. Jan 20, 2007 #1

    IMGOOD

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    Is a work done by a force equal to the sum of the work done by the its components?
     
    IMGOOD, Jan 20, 2007
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  3. Jan 20, 2007 #2

    radou

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    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.
     
    radou, Jan 20, 2007
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