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The potential energy (U) of a particle can be expressed in certain case as `U=(A^(2))/(2mr^(2))-(BMm)/(r)` Where m and M are mass and r is distance. Find the dimensional formulae for constants.

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`[A]=[M^(1)L^(2)T^(-1)];[B]=[M^(-1)L^(3)T^(-2)]`
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