Is energy a scalar or a vector quantity? Why?

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Solution

Energy is the capacity to do work.
It has only magnitude and no direction.
Any quantity which has only magnitude is said to be a scalar quantity.
So, Energy is a scalar quantity. Because it has only magnitude and no direction.

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