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Question
What do you understand by the conservation of mechanical energy?
Solution
According to the law of conservation of mechanical energy, whenever there is an interchange between the potential energy and kinetic energy, the total mechanical energy (i.e., the sum of kinetic energy K and potential energy U) remains constant, i.e., K + U = constant when there are no frictional forces.
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