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penza

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on: Aug 19, 2018

What is the difference between a scalar and a vector?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is mechanical work?

What will be an ideal response?

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emilymalinowski12

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Reply #1 on: Aug 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A force with a magnitude is a scalar . A vector is a scalar with a vector.

Answer to Question 2

Mechanical work is when a force causes an object to move. It can be computed by multiplying the force times the distance moved.

penza

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