Density = (mass) divided by (volume)
We know the mass (2.5 g). We need to find the volume.
The penny is a very short cylinder.
The volume of a cylinder is (π · radius² · height).
The penny's radius is 1/2 of its diameter = 9.775 mm.
The 'height' of the cylinder is the penny's thickness = 1.55 mm.
Volume = (π) (9.775 mm)² (1.55 mm)
= (π) (95.55 mm²) (1.55 mm)
= (π) (148.1 mm³)
= 465.3 mm³
We know the volume now. So we could state the density of the penny,
but nobody will understand what we have. Here it is:
mass/volume = 2.5 g / 465.3 mm³ = 0.0054 g/mm³ .
Nobody every talks about density in units of ' gram/(millimeter)³ ' .
It's always ' gram / (centimeter)³ '.
So we have to convert our number for the volume.
(0.0054 g/mm³) x (10 mm / cm)³
= (0.0054 x 1,000) g/cm³
= 5.37 g/cm³ .
This isn't actually very close to what the US mint says for the density
of a penny, but it's in a much better ball park than 0.0054 was.
GPE= height x mass x gravitational field strength
5 x 10 x 9,8=490J
Answer:
A car moves up a hill at a constant velocity
Explanation:
Since the velocity is constant, the speed is also constant and so is the kinetic energy. However, total mechanical energy is sum of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy, and the car is moving up the hill so its potential energy rises.
Thus, in the circumstances described the mechanical energy cannot be conserved.
The correct answer is A car moving up the hill with constant velocity.
