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Potential energy is the energy of a body or a system due to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
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Conversion of elastic potential energy in free fall
Suppose there is a mass attached to a spring which is hanging from a fixed ceiling. The spring will be elongated and this system has potential energy stored because of the elongation. Now if the sprin …
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Gravitational potential energy of multi-particle system
For two particle system, the gravitational potential energy is given by
$$U = - GMm/r.$$
For a three particle system, it is the sum of potential energies of all the possible pairs. This is explained i …