The magnitude of the gravitational force between a particle of mass ml and one of mass m

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The magnitude of the gravitational force between a particle of mass ml and one of mass m2given by where G is a constant and x is the distance between the particles.

(a) What is the corresponding potential energy function U(x)? Assume that U(x) ?? 0 as x ?? ?? and that x is positive.

(b) How much work is required to increase the separation of the particles from x = x1 to x = x1 + d?

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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