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Homework Statement
The potential energy V(R) of a two particle system exhibiting oscillatory behavior near a local minimum at the equilibrium separation Ro. V(R)= -(A/R)+(B/R^2) , where R is the interparticle separation.
A) Sketch V(R), what happens to V(R) as R→0
B) At what value of R is there a minima in the potential?
C) For very small oscillations about this equilibrium point, Ro, write the force on the particle F=-k(R-Ro), define k.
Homework Equations
V(R)= -(A/R)+(B/R^2)
The Attempt at a Solution
I must apologize in advance because I feel that I'm about to ask a stupid question. But how can I plot this function if I don't know what the values of A and B are?