How much potential energy does a 40-kg medicine ball gain when it is lifted 5 m? Use the formula: GPE= mass X gravity (9.8 m/s2)
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The concept used to solve this problem is that given in the kinematic equations of motion. From theory we know that the change in velocities of a body is equivalent to twice the distance traveled by acceleration, in other words:
Where,
Final and initial velocity
a = Acceleration
x = Displacement
For the given case, the displacement is equivalent to the height (x = h) and the acceleration is the same gravitational acceleration (a = g). In turn we do not have initial speed therefore
Our values are given as
Replacing we have that,
Therefore the speed with which the liquid sulfur left the volcano is 529.15m/s
The snail’s speed is 0.001042. Hope this helps!
