Jim is playing with a 1-meter-long pendulum that is hooked 2 meters above the ground. He lifts the pendulum's bob to a height of
2 meters above the ground and then releases it. Potential energy is assigned zero value at the ground level. Which statement is true about this problem?
c) at the highest position of the bob, the KE is equal to zero.
<h3><u>Explanation</u>;</h3>
In a pendulum the total mechanical energy is a combination of kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy.
As the pendulum swings back and forth, there is a constant exchange between kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy.
<em><u>When the pendulum bob is at the start of its swing or at the highest position it has no kinetic energy because it is not moving, however, its gravitational potential energy is at a maximum, because it is at the highest point.</u></em>
<em><u>While at the ground level, the kinetic energy is maximum and the gravitational potential energy is zero since the height is zero</u></em>.
