Gravity decreases your kinetic energy when you are driving uphill since the direction of motion is opposite for both. Driving uphill is force going upward while gravity pulls object down. When it is going downhill, the car tends to go faster since the gravity helps the object to go down by adding another value to the total acceleration of the motion of the object. Using the forces of balance, an object going up tends to become heavier while object going down tends to become lighter because of the gravity factor. Another analogy is the motion of elevators going up and down that incurs effects to your weiight.
Answer:
Explanation:
s = s₀ + v₀t + ½at²
s = 0 + 0(15) + ½(6)(15²)
s = 675 m
Not sure what the free fall acceleration is needed for, but if the object is dropped from a high enough point, it will travel in 15 seconds
s = ½10(15²) = 2250 m if air resistance is ignored
By compressing the spring a distance <em>x</em> (in m), you are storing 1/2 <em>k</em> <em>x</em> ² (in J) of potential energy, which is converted completely into kinetic energy 1/2 <em>m v</em> ², where
• <em>k</em> = 40 N/m = spring constant
• <em>m</em> = 10 kg = mass of the ball
• <em>v</em> = 2 m/s = ball's speed (at the moment the spring returns to its equilibrium point)
So we have
1/2 <em>k</em> <em>x</em> ² = 1/2 <em>m</em> <em>v</em> ²
<em>x</em> = √(<em>m</em>/<em>k</em> <em>v</em> ²) = √((10 kg) / (40 N/m) (2 m/s)²) = 1 m
Electricity can travel in a closed circuit.
