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taylorbrown taylorbrown
  • 27-10-2014
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Determine the amount of potential energy of a 5 newton book that is moved to three different shelves on a bookcase. The height of each shelf is 1.0 meter, 1.5 meters, and 2.0 meters.

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ollieboyne
ollieboyne ollieboyne
  • 28-10-2014

Gravitational Potential Energy = weight x height

for 1 meter:

GPE = 5 x 1
 = 5N

for 1.5 metres:

GPE = 5 x 1.5
 = 7.5N

for 2 metres:

GPE = 5 x 2
 = 10N

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