In Everyday Language, Power and Force Are Similar, but in Physics

question 43

Multiple Choice

In everyday language, power and force are similar, but in physics

• A) force has only magnitude.
• B) power has only direction.
• C) force has magnitude and direction.
• D) power has magnitude and direction.
• E) None of these answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Comparative Advantage

The capacity of an individual or country to manufacture a given good or service more efficiently, incurring lower opportunity costs than their counterparts.

Opportunity Cost

The omission of possible gains that could come from different options when one is preferred.

Comparative Advantage

The competence of an individual, firm, or nation to forge a good or render a service with a lower forfeited opportunity compared to others in the market.

Productivity

A measure of the efficiency of production, usually defined as the ratio of outputs produced to inputs used.