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Answer 1

Work is not related to direction, because it is a scalar quantity.

THE CHEMISTRY ANSWER:

Work is part of the energy of a system. Energy has size but no direction. It is a scalar quantity, so work is also a scalar quantity. Work is not related to direction.

THE MATHEMATICS ANSWER

Work is the dot product of force and displacement, both of which are vectors.

`w = F⃗⋅S⃗ =∥F∥∥S∥cosθ`

where `∥F∥` and `∥S∥` are the magnitudes of the vectors `F⃗` and `S⃗` and `θ` is the angle between them. The dot product of two vectors is a scalar quantity. It has size but no direction.