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AP Physics C: Mechanics
3.4 Conservation of Energy
3.3 Potential Energy
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A two-dimensional plot with a horizontal axis labeled x and a vertical axis labeled U(x). A solid curve representing a potential well enters from the upper-left, curves smoothly downward to a single local minimum, and curves smoothly upward toward the upper-right. A horizontal dashed line labeled E intersects the solid curve at exactly two points: a left intersection point and a right intersection point. A vertical dashed line extends downward from the left intersection point to a tick mark on the horizontal axis labeled x_1. A second vertical dashed line extends downward from the right intersection point to a tick mark on the horizontal axis labeled x_2. In the region between x_1 and x_2, the solid curve lies entirely below the horizontal dashed line. No other curves, lines, shaded regions, gridlines, or labels appear.
Potential energy U(x) as a function of position x with total energy E and turning points x_1 and x_2.
A particle of mass \(m\) moves along the \(x\)-axis in a region where its motion is governed solely by a conservative force associated with the potential energy function \(U(x)\). The particle has total mechanical energy \(E\) and moves between the turning points \(x_1\) and \(x_2\), where \(x_1 < x_2\) and \(E > U(x)\) for all \(x_1 < x < x_2\). Which of the following expressions correctly represents the time \(\Delta t\) required for the particle to travel directly from \(x_1\) to \(x_2\)?

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