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It's true, when we lift an object we add energy to it.
because, when we lift an object by applying force , the object attains a height and hence the energy gets stored in it, in the form gravitational potential energy .
Well if you didn't you could make mistakes, which would lead ,in the best case, at a fail of the circuit , or if it goes out of control it could be dangerous
for example you have to know that the wires become hot and they loose their abbilitys as connecters(the hotter it will, the more energy you lose becouse the R will be bigger)
To solve this exercise, it is necessary to apply the concepts of conservation of the moment especially in objects that experience an inelastic colposition.
They are expressed as,
Where,
= mass of the skier
= mass of the cat
= initial velocity of skier
= initial velocity of cat
= final velocity of both
Re-arrange to find V_f we have,
Once the final velocity is found it is possible to calculate the change in kinetic energy, so
Therefore the amount of kinetic energy converted in to internal energy is 819J
