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A particle, which is constrained to move along the x-axis, is subjected to a force in the same direction which varies with the distance x of the particle from the origin as F(x)=-kx+ax3. Here k and a are positive constants. For x0, the functional form of the potential energy U(x) of the particle is                     [2002]

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