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Grade 11Mechanics

work is a scalar quantity, but torque is a vector quantity, even though they have same dimension formulas

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
@ dashini 
torque is a vctor quantity , it is also called as the moment of force , the torque due to a force gives us the turning effect of the force about a fixed point / axis .
a pair of equal and opposite force in torque are called as couple . 
and its not nessasary that every vector quantity have dimension formula . 
work is a scaler quantity , as we cannot specified its direction at some instant . 
HOPE IT CLEARS ..