Skip to main content
Force & Potential Energy
10. Conservation of Energy / Force & Potential Energy / Problem 6

As a result of a conservative force acting parallel to the y-axis on an object, it moves along the same axis. Its energy versus the y-axis graph is given in the figure below. In the graph, it can be seen that the total energy E > U(y), which implies the speed of the object is always non-zero. Find the y values at which the force magnitude is a minimum.

Learn this concept