
In the figure, the variation of the potential energy of a particle of mass is represented with respect to its -coordinate. The particle moves under the effect of this conservative force along the-axis. Which of the following statements are correct about the particle?




Important Questions on Work, Power, and Energy
A block of mass is pushed against a spring of spring constant fixed at one end to a wall. The block can slide on a frictionless table as shown in the figure. The natural length of the spring is and it is compressed to one-fourth of natural length and the block is released. Find its velocity as a function of its distance from the wall and maximum velocity of the block. The block is not attached to the spring.

Consider a one-dimensional motion of a particle with total energy, . There are four regions and in which the relation between potential energy , kinetic energy and total energy is as given below.
Region
Region
Region
Region
State with reason in each case whether a particle can be found in the given region or not.

A curved surface is shown in the figure. The portion is free of friction. There are three spherical balls of identical radii and masses. Balls are released from rest one by one from which is at a slightly greater height than .
With the surface , ball has large enough friction to cause rolling down without slipping; ball has a small friction and ball has a negligible friction.
(a) For which balls is total mechanical energy conserved?
(b) Which ball(s) can reach ?
(c) For balls which do not reach , which of the balls can reach back ?


A particle is moved from to under a force from two paths. Path is and path is . Let and be the work done by this force in these two paths. Then,



A ball is suspended from the top of a cart by a string of length . The cart and the ball are initially moving to the right at constant speed as shown in figure . The cart comes to rest after colliding and sticking to a fixed bumper, as in figure . The suspended ball swings through a maximum angle The initial speed is take ,
