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Write an activity. when the object moves in a circular path and the work is not done.

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An object with a centripetal force acting on it, at right angles to its motion, will never have any work done on it. Work is force applied through a distance. The centripetal force has no component in the direction of motion.

The net work done when an object moves in a circle, or any closed loop, in a conservative force field (such as gravity) is zero, even if the loop is angled vertically.

If an object moves along a non-horizontal circular path that isn't an orbit, it will have some work done on it at some instants, but the net-work is still zero.


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