An object having the capability to do work is said to possess____________.
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Concept:
When a force is applied on an object which cause displacement along the direction of force then the work is said be done by that force.
The work done by a force is defined as: The product of component of the applied force on the block in the direction of the displacement and the magnitude of this displacement is called work done.
if work is done against the gravitational force the force acting can be given as mass times gravitational force whereas instead of distance, we can express it as height
i.e., W = (mg)× h = mgh
this expression is similar to potential energy for a system
Here both force and displacement will be along the same direction since force is causing this displacement thus Work done is a scalar quantity.
Here,
Force applied on object = F
Displacement of object = dx
Distance travelled by an object = s
The angle between Force and displacement = θ
Explanation:
From the above explanation, we can see that potential energy is the potential to do work and both work and potential energy has the same unit and dimension.
Also, the total amount of work done by the system will directly depend on the amount of potential energy
An object having the capability to do work is said to possess potential energy
Extra point:
The following table represents the quantity and its formula