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State the sign of work done by a force in the following .
Work done by a man in lifting a bucket out of a well by means of a rope tied to the bucket .

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To lift a bucket out of a well, force equal to the weight of the bucket has to be applied by the man along the vertical in upward direction. Since the displacement is also in upward direction `theta = 0 ` an hence the workdone is positive
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