Energy conservation with nonconservative forces: Which, if any, of the following statements concerning the work done by a conservative force is NOT true?
A) It can always be expressed as the difference between the initial and final values of a potential energy function.
B) It is independent of the path of the body and depends only on the starting and ending points.
C) When the starting and ending points are the same, the total work is zero.
D) All of the above statements are true.
E) None of the above statements are true.
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