4.3 Law of Conservation of Energy

For a particle,

Therefore E = K.E + P.E. = Constant. The equation (3) is a specific case of a more general law of the Conservation of Energy: "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can only be transformed from one form to another."

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Index

4.1 Work
4.2 Energy
4.3 Law of conservation of energy
4.4 Power