Oxidation half reaction is written as follows when using using reduction potential chart
example when using copper it is written as follows
CU2+ +2e- --> c(s) +0.34v
oxidasation is the loos of electron hence copper oxidation potential is as follows
cu (s) --> CU2+ +2e -0.34v
Lifting the backpack off the floor. Force is being applied in only one direction then (up) which is what constitutes as work. Carrying the box of crayons applies force in two directions (up and forward), which cancel each other out. Work has a vector, which is a quantity containing both direction and magnitude (one, finite direction, not two).