Question

A 1-kg model airplane has 12.5 joules of kinetic energy and 98 joules of gravitational potential energy. What is its speed? What is its height?

Answer 1

The formula for the kinetic energy is:

Ke = 0.5mv^2

Where ke is the kinetic enrgy

M is the mass

V is the velocity

Ke = 0.5mv^2

12.5 = 0.5(1) v^2

Solve for v

V = 5 m/s

Potential energy, pe = mgh

Where m is mass

G is accelearation due to gravity 9.8 m/s2

H is the height

98 = (1)(9.8) h

H = 10 m