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Alika [10]
3 years ago
13

Which has more gravitational potential energy—a book sitting on a desk or the same

Chemistry
1 answer:
nydimaria [60]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The book sitting on the desk

Explanation:

The gravitational potential energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its position relative to the ground.

It is calculated as:

GPE=mgh

where

m is the mass of the object

g is the acceleration due to gravity

h is the height of the object with respect to the ground

From the formula, we see that the GPE of an object is directly proportional to the heigth h: so, the higher the location of the object, the larger the GPE.

In this problem, we are comparing a book sitting on a desk and the same book sitting on the floor. In the two situations, the mass of the book is the same; however, in the first case, the value of the height is h, while in the second case, the value of h is lower (because the book is located at a lower height, being on the floor).

Therefore, we can conclude that the first book must have a larger GPE, since it has a larger value of h.

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