How do you explain the fact that sometimes less work is done in a situation in which more force is used than in a situatio in which less force is used

Because work=forcexdisplacementxcos(angle)so if there is an angle between thedirection of force and the displacement the work done will be less but if there is no angle the work will be greater

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