the moon revolves around the earth in a nearly circular orbit kept by gravitational force exerted by the earth work done will be

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rodikova [14]2 years ago

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Zero because the applied force is perpendicular to the motion of the object.

No work is done on an object moving is a circular path about a central attractive force.

Any work done in such a case would result in a change in the orbit.

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