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2 years ago

What is potential energy

Physics

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valkas [14]2 years ago

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Answer:

Potential energy is energy that is stored – or conserved - in an object or substance. This stored energy is based on the position, arrangement or state of the object or substance. You can think of it as energy that has the 'potential' to do work.

Norma-Jean [14]2 years ago

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Answer:

Potential energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others.

Explanation:

potential energy can also be defined as the energy that is stored in an object due to it's position relative to some zero position

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Explanation:

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If we take a look at a cross section of the cone, we can see that we can use similar triangles to find the equation we are looking for. When using similar triangles we get:

$\frac {r}{h}=\frac{4}{5}$

When solving for r, we get:

$r=\frac{4}{5}h$

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$\frac{dV}{dt}= \frac{16}{25} \pi h^{2} \frac{dh}{dt}$

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$\frac{dh}{dt}= \frac{(dV/dt)(25)}{16 \pi h^{2}}$

Now we can substitute the provided values into our equation. So we get:

$\frac{dh}{dt}= \frac{(8m^{3}/s)(25)}{16 \pi (4m)^{2}}$

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$\frac{dh}{dt}=0.25m/s$

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