Question

This graph indicates that the kinetic energy of an object is increasing. What is the most reasonable explanation for this observation?
A) The object's mass has doubled.
B) The object's velocity doubled.
C) The object's velocity has quadrupled.
D) The object's velocity and mass doubled.

Answer 1

B) The object's velocity doubled.

Explanation:

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The kinetic energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its motion. It is calculated as

$K=\frac{1}{2}mv^2$

where

m is the mass of the object

v is the velocity of the object

We notice that:

• The  kinetic energy is directly proportional to the mass
• The kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the velocity

In the graph, one of the two quantities (either mass or speed) is represented on the x-axis, while the quantity on the y-axis is the kinetic energy.

First of all, we notice that the relationship is not linear: this means that the quantity on the x-axis cannot be the mass, so it must be the velocity.

Moreover, we notice that when the quantity on the x-axis increases from 1 to 2 (so, it doubles), the kinetic energy increases by a factor of 4. This means that the object's velocity has doubled, therefore

B) The object's velocity doubled.

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