Answer:
150 inches (12.5 ft)
Explanation:
The work done to lift the 500 pound block 3 inches should be the same as that to lift the 10 pond object a given distance.
The following is the equation one needs to solve:
therefore solving for the distance "x" gives as the answer (in inches):
which can also be given in feet as: 12.5 ft
PART a)
As we know that gravitational potential energy is given by the formula
here we can see that gravitational potential energy inversely varies with the distance
so here when distance from the sun is minimum then magnitude of gravitational potential energy is maximum while since it is given with negative sign so its overall value is minimum at that position
So gravitational potential energy is minimum at the nearest point and maximum at the farthest point
PART b)
Since we know that sum of kinetic energy and potential energy is constant here
so the points of minimum potential energy is the point where kinetic energy is maximum which means speed is maximum
So here speed is maximum at the nearest point
Part C)
since gravitational potential energy inversely varies with distance so it's graph will be like hyperbolic graph with distance
