Potential energy and work done are the same thing as much as kinetic energy and work done are the same thing. Potential energy is a state of the system, a way of storing energy as of virtue of its configuration or motion, while work done in most cases is a way of chaning this energy from one body to another.
Potential energy, I’m pretty sure I don’t know but we was learning this in science and this is all I remember that potential energy is the moment energy reaches to a stop...
Given parameters:
Mass of the car = 1000kg
Unknown:
Height = ?
To find the heights for the different amount potential energy given, we need to understand what potential energy is.
Potential energy is the energy at rest due to the position of a body.
It is mathematically expressed as:
P.E = mgh
m is the mass
g is the acceleration due to gravity = 9.8m/s²
h is the height of the car
Now the unknown is h, height and we make it the subject of the expression to make for easy calculation.
h = 
<u>For 2.0 x 10³ J;</u>
h =
= 0.204m
<u>For 2.0 x 10⁵ J;</u>
h =
= 20.4m
<u>For 1.0kJ = 1 x 10³J; </u>
h =
= 0.102m