Question

Burning 1 kg of coal releases about 3 million joules of energy. If you could use all of the chemical energy to lift another kilogram of coal, how high could you lift it?

Answer 1

I could lift 3.06 x 10⁵ m high

Further explanation

Energy is the ability to do work. Energy can change from one energy to another

Potential energy is the energy that an object has because of its position

The potential energy can be formulated:

Ep = m. g. h

E = potential energy of an object, joule

m = object mass, kg

g = gravity acceleration, m / s²

h = height of an object, m

energy of coal = 3.10⁶ J

mass = 1 kg

g = 9.8 m/s²

$\tt h=\dfrac{E}{m.g}\\\\h=\dfrac{3.10^6}{1\times 9.8}=3.06\times 10^5`m$