dot product

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In this section, we develop an operation called the dot product, which allows us to calculate work in the case when the force vector and the motion vector have different directions.

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For this reason, the dot product is often called the scalar product.

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The dot product allows us to do just that.

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The calculation involves forming vectors along the directions of the lines and using both the cross product and the dot product.

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Therefore, the tangent vector and the force vector have a positive dot product all along C1, and the line integral will have positive value.

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