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The standard unit of work in the metric system is named after the scientist
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The standard unit of work in the metric system is named after the scientist

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The unit for work is the joule (J), named after James Prescott Joule. Work is Force * distance. Other units for work are
kg*m^2/s^2 and N*m (newton-meter)
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