The potential energy of a body mass m is `U=ax+by` the magnitude of acceleration of the body will be-

Options

A. `(a^(2) + b^(2))^(1/2)/m`
B. `a^(2) + b^(2)/m`
C. `(a+ b)^(1/2)`/m`
D. `a + b/m`

Answer

`(1)`

Explanation

`m vec a = - ("partial"U)/dx hati - ("partial"U)/(dy) hat j`