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The sign of work done by a force on a body is important to understand. State carefully if the following quantities are positive or negative:

1. work done by a man in lifting a bucket out of a well by means of a rope tied to the bucket.

2. work done by gravitational force in the above case.

3. work done by friction on a body sliding down an inclined plane.

4. work done by an applied force on a body moving on a rough horizontal plane with uniform velocity.

5. work done by the resistive force of air on vibrating pendulum in bringing it to rest.

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1. +ve

2. -ve

3. -ve

4. +ve

5. -ve

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