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Potential Energy & Equilibrium

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: An object moves from position $r_1$ to position $r_2$ under a conservative force field $\vec{F}$ . The work done by the force is $W = -\int_{r_1}^{r_2} \vec{F} \cdot \overrightarrow{dr}$ .

Statement II: Any object moving from one location to another location can follow infinite number of paths. Therefore, the amount of work done by the object changes with the path it follows for a conservative force.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Answer: (c)

Statement I: work done by the force is $W = +\int_{r_1}^{r_2} \vec F \cdot d\vec r$ ; the minus sign gives $\Delta U$ , not $W$ . False.
Statement II: work by a conservative force is independent of path. False.
So the answer is (c).

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