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Is work done by a non conservative force always negative? Comment.

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yes, work done by non-conservative forces is always negative because it always opposes the motion
it means that it's direction is always -ve.and since work done = Fs and if F is -ve and displacement
is s the work done will be in -ve direction.(ve×+ve= -ve)

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