Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - The Dot Product - Concept and Vocabulary Check - Page 792: 5

Answer

The provided statement is false.

Work Step by Step

The statement is false, since work is defined as $W=F\cdot d=F d \cos\theta$ where $\theta $ is the angle between $F$ and $d$. The work is not a vector, as the dot product of two vectors results into a scalar.
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