A central force is defined to be a force that points radially,and whose magnitude and depends on only r. That is F(r)=F(r)^r.show that a central force is a conservative force,by explicity showing that∆XF=0

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A central force is defined to be a force that points radially,and whose magnitude and depends on only r. That is F(r)=F(r)^r.show that a central force is a conservative force,by explicity showing that∆XF=0
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