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Monday, May 16, 2011
Sign Convention of Work
The symbol of work is
'w'
. If work is done on system, the energy of system increases and hence work is taken as positive
'+w'
. If work is done by system, energy of system decreases and hence work is taken as negative
'–w'
.
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