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What is the gravitational potential energy of a 150 kg object suspended 5m above the Earth's surface

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ella [17]3 years ago

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The gravitational potential energy referred to the ground level is given by
$U=mgh$
where m is the mass of the object, $g=9.81 m/s^2$ is the gravitational acceleration and h is the height of the object with respect to the ground.

Therefore in our problem the potential energy is
$U=(150 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)(5 m)=7357.5 J$

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