Question: For conservative forces this equation, = holds, where int represents the internal force between the members of the system and U is the potential energy

For conservative forces this equation, = holds, where int
represents the internal force between the members of the system and U is the
potential energy associated with the internal force. Now Spiderman with a mass of
80.0 kg, is dangling on the free end of a 12.0-m-long rope and the other end of which is
fixed to a tree limb above. Somehow, he managed to reach a ledge when the rope
made a 60.0 angle with the vertical. By calculating work done by the gravitational force
on the Spiderman and gravitational potential energy change, prove if the gravitational
force is conservative.

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