Dane is standing on the moon holding an 8 kilogram brick 2 metres above the ground. How much energy is in the brick's gravitatio
2 answers:
The gravitational potential energy of the brick is 25.6 J
Explanation:
The gravitational potential energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its position in a gravitational field.
Near the surface of a planet, the gravitational potential energy is given by
where
m is the mass of the object
g is the strength of the gravitational field
h is the height of the object relative to the ground
For the brick in this problem, we have:
m = 8 kg is its mass
g = 1.6 N/kg is the strenght of the gravitational field on the moon
h = 2 m is the height above the ground
Substituting, we find:
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