Gravitational fielda. Find a potential function for the gravitational fieldxi + yj + zkF = -GmM-(x² + y² + z?)³/2(G, m, and M are constants).b. Let P and P, be points at distance s, and s, from the origin.Show that the work done by the gravitational field in part (a)in moving a particle from P, to P, isGmMS2

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