Answer to Question #122490 in Classical Mechanics for Jia

Question

Explain conservative system and give examples

Answer 1

A system is called conservative if the work done by the force on the system is independent of the path chosen i.e work done will be same for all the chosen path for the same force.

Also, work done only depends on the final and initial point of the path i.e work done is function of initial and final point of the any path.

Example: Electric field , Gravitational field etc.