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Grade 12Mechanics

why work done by friction force in closed path is zero

Profile image of Siddhartha Purwar
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
work done by friction force in closed path is zero because the work done is obvious the change in internal energy and the friction fore is an internal force and hence for a closed path the change in internal energy is zero and hence work done by friction force is 0.