Question
Conservative forces are path ____
Answer
Conservative forces are path independent
Work is determined only by the final displacement of the object
Examples: gravity and electrostatic forces
In the above example, you would only calculate the work along the green line, it doesn't matter that the object took a roundabout way to get there
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