Question

What is the gpe of a 200 kg hot air ballon 21,000 m above the ground?

Answer 1

gravitational Potential energy is given by

$GPE = mgh$

here we have

m = 200 kg

h = 21000 m

now we will have

$GPE = 200(9.8)(21000)$

$GPE = 4.116 \times 10^7 J$

so GPE of balloon will be 41160000 J above the given height from ground