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Give one example each in which force does (a) positive work (b) negative work (c) zero work

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(a) When a ball falls from a height gravitational force acts in the direction of displacement doing a positive work
(b) friction acts in opposite direction of displacement in vehicles doing a negative work
(c) Earth revolves around sun in elliptical orbit , sun's gravitational force does zero work on earth

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