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The following figure shows the variation of potential energy V(x) of a particle with distance x. The particle has
- A Two equilibrium points, one stable another unstable
- B Two equilibrium points, both stable
- C Three equilibrium points, one stable two unstable
- D Three equilibrium points, two stable one unstabl
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(C) Three equilibrium points, one stable two unstable
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\begin{array}{l|l} \text{Stable equation} & \text{Unstable equation} \\ \hline \rightarrow \rho \varepsilon \text { is minimum } & \rightarrow \rho^2 \varepsilon \text { is maximum } \\ \rightarrow \frac{d v}{d r}=0 & \rightarrow \frac{d v}{d r}=0 \\ \rightarrow \frac{d^2 v}{d…
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