Does work has a direction associated with it?

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Work is a measure of energy when a force is applied to a body that displaces the body.
Force and displacement have magnitude and direction.
However, work is simply the product of force and displacement and hence it is a scalar quantity that only has a magnitude and not a direction.
Hence, work has NO direction associated with it.

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