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An object thrown at a certain angle to the ground moves in a curved path and falls back to the ground. The initial and the final points of the path of the object lie on the same horizontal line. What is the work done by the force of gravity on the object?

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We can see that there is no net displacement in the vertical direction. It has only horizontal displacement. Thus work done by vertical forces on the stone will be zero.

The force of gravity is acting vertically downward, thus the work done by it is zero.

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