GETTING TIMED PLS HELP! Do the runners in the picture above represent kinetic or potential energy? you need to explain why.
1 answer:
Answer:
<em>They represent kinetic energy</em>
Explanation:
<u>Kinetic Energy </u>
A body can do work due to some of its attributes or states. For example, its mass can do work if used to provide energy, if the object is at a certain height respect to some reference level, it can do work when going downwards (potential energy), if the object moves at a certain speed, it can do work when transferring part of its speed to other objects. It's called kinetic energy and is given by
Both runners are moving in a horizontal path, thus they have kinetic energy, given by the above equation. If they could jump below ground level, then they will also have potential energy
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Answer:
The vertical distance that the ski jumper fell is 417.45 m.
Explanation:
Given;
initial horizontal velocity of the jumper, = 26 m/s
horizontal distance of the jumper, dx = 240 m
The time of the motion is given by;
dx = Vₓt
t = dx / Vₓ
t = 240 / 26
t = 9.23 s
The vertical distance traveled by the diver is given by;
initial vertical velocity, , = 0
Therefore, the vertical distance that the ski jumper fell is 417.45 m.