Physics, asked by laxmipriya2540, 16 days ago

why is work considered as a scalar quantity? and not as a vector quantity??

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Answered by biprodeep63

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Work is a scalar quantity because it is the dot product of two vectors (Force and displacement). Dot product of two vectors becomes scalar quantity. So, work done has only magnitude but not direction. ... The dot product of two vectors is a scalar and not a vector.

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