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Change in potential energy of the system is equal to

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Negative of the work done by external forces .

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Negative of the work done by internal conservative forces .

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Negative of the work done by all forces

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None of these

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Negative of the work done by conservative force is equal to change in potential energy of the system . `-W_(c ) = U_(2) -U_(1)` .
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