Work is the product of force and the distance through which that force is applied. Work can be simplified as force times displacement only when the force and the displacement are in the same direction.
Work can be defined mathematically in several ways, all of which are equivalent.
How much work would a 10 Newton force acting North do on a 30 kilogram object traveling in a straight line for 2.0 meters due East?
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Since they are 90 degrees from one another, the answer is zero.