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Standard XII
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PE Diagram
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The potential energy of an object of mass
m
moving in
x
y
plane in a conservative field is given by
u
=
a
x
+
b
y
, where
x
and
y
are position coordinates of the object. Find magnitude of its acceleration.
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Solution
Given
U
=
a
x
+
b
y
F
x
=
–
d
U
d
x
=
−
a
F
y
=
–
d
U
d
y
=
−
b
m
a
x
=
−
a
a
x
=
−
a
m
and
m
a
y
=
−
b
a
y
=
−
b
m
Net acceleration ,
a
=
√
a
2
x
+
a
2
y
=
√
(
−
a
m
)
2
+
(
−
b
m
)
2
Hence
a
=
√
a
2
+
b
2
m
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