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NEET2012PhysicsWork, Power and EnergyActual

The potential energy of a body is given by U=A-B x^2 (where x is the displacement). The magnitude of force acting on the particle is

Options

  1. Aconstant
  2. Bproportional to x
  3. Cproportional to x^2
  4. Dinversely proportional to x

Correct answer

B. proportional to x

Step-by-step solution

U=A-B x^2F=- d U d v =2 B xF x

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