what is work ? what are its units ?

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When a force is able to move a body WORK is said to be done. In other words, WORK is equal to the product of the force and the displacement of the body in the direction of FORCE. W=F x S. Where W is WORK, F is FORCE and S is DISPLACEMENT Unit of FORCE is NEWTON, DISTANCE is METRE. => UNIT of Work...
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When a force is able to move a body WORK is said to be done. In other words, WORK is equal to the product of the force and the displacement of the body in the direction of FORCE. W=F x S. Where W is WORK, F is FORCE and S is DISPLACEMENT Unit of FORCE is NEWTON, DISTANCE is METRE. => UNIT of Work = Newton x Metre = JOULE read less
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The SI unit of work is the joule (J), which is defined as the work expended by a force of one newton through a distance of one metre..
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Yohan

a force is said to do work,The term work was introduced in 1826 by the French mathematician.Units Watt-hour and Joule
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Work is anything that is done by applying force to move/displace the object from one point to another . unit of work is Newton/meter or Joules
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