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amount of work done by conservative force
=amount of decrement in potential energy
Is this correct?I think yes
Because I have been told that
Work done by non-conservative forces + work done by conservative forces = change in kinetic energy
but
Work done by non-conservative forces = change in potential energy + change in kinetic energy
so it implies
work done by conservative forces= negative of change in potential energy
So that change in potential energy cancels out and Work done by non-conservative forces + work done by conservative forces = change in kinetic energy.
=amount of decrement in potential energy
Is this correct?I think yes
Because I have been told that
Work done by non-conservative forces + work done by conservative forces = change in kinetic energy
but
Work done by non-conservative forces = change in potential energy + change in kinetic energy
so it implies
work done by conservative forces= negative of change in potential energy
So that change in potential energy cancels out and Work done by non-conservative forces + work done by conservative forces = change in kinetic energy.