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State whether the following statements are true or false with reasons.
Elastic forces are always conservative.

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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is B False
False, because elastic forces are not always conservative. Elastic forces are conservative as long as the loading and deloading curves are coincident, even if the curves are not linear. For example, rubber.

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