plz read the following very carefully.
we do work to move a box on an inclined plane...
we have to prove that work done = fs cos theta
for proving f s cos theta:
we can do by 2 methods,...
1)by finding the component of displacement of body in the direction of force.
here,...surely the work we are finding is the work we do in that particular direction?
so ...it is not equal to the full work ?
2)we find the component of force applied in the direction in which the object oves on the inclined plane.
as this is the direction in which the object is movng ,..surely this is the total work done.?
but in accord with the first method...we got ...F * S cos theta
in accord with the 2nd method,...we got ...Fcos theta* S
so both of them are equal...but how can that be when one is measuring only work along a specific direction and the other work in the whole?
i would really prefer an explanation in logic rather than by mathematics.
i know it will take time...but plz do help.
2006-12-03
22:33:33
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