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Serhud [2]
3 years ago
12

A 4-kilogram cat is resting on top of a bookshelf that is 3 meters high. What is the cat’s gravitational potential energy relati

ve to the floor if the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s^2?
Physics
1 answer:
hichkok12 [17]3 years ago
4 0
The answer is 117.6 J

The potential energy of the object is actually its stored energy:

<span>E = m · g · h
E - the potential energy of the object,
m - the mass of the object,
g - acceleration due to gravity,
h - the height of the object.

m = 4 kg
g = 9.8 m/s</span>²
h = 3 m

E = 4 * 9.8 * 3 = 117.6 J
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