NEET 2012 Physics question

PhysicsWork, Energy and PowerNEET 2012

The potential energy of a particle in a force field is: , where and are positive constants and is the distance of particle from the centre of the field. For stable equilibrium the distance of the particle is

Answer: (3)

Solution

Equilibrium requires zero force: . Stability requires : ; at $r =

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Question ID VK-091275