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Mama L [17]
2 years ago
11

What height would cause an object to have no gravitational potential energy

Physics
1 answer:
OverLord2011 [107]2 years ago
5 0
The height is zero.
That means whatever place is your reference for height measurement,
the object is lying right there at that height.
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