When a boy is pulling a trolley by a handle (the direction of force applied makes an acute angle with the direction of displacement) is there any work? Why or why not?

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yes . there have work .. work is the dot product of force and displacement ...

W = F.S = FS cos theta

here theta = an acute angle (work become zero if angle theta 90 degree )

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