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Atomic_Sheep
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Wikipedia says:
The work done by a constant force of magnitude F on a point that moves a displacement (not distance) s in the direction of the force is the product
{\displaystyle W=Fs}[PLAIN]https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b020230128c115d1b9e9cfbe6636985e98bbaf69.
The question is this...
What's the intuition behind multiplying force by displacement? You learn multiplication tables etc but then you start getting into multiplying abstract things like force and displacement? Why does multiplying these things work?
The work done by a constant force of magnitude F on a point that moves a displacement (not distance) s in the direction of the force is the product
{\displaystyle W=Fs}[PLAIN]https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b020230128c115d1b9e9cfbe6636985e98bbaf69.
The question is this...
What's the intuition behind multiplying force by displacement? You learn multiplication tables etc but then you start getting into multiplying abstract things like force and displacement? Why does multiplying these things work?
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