Answer:
<em>There will be an increase in potential difference.</em>
Explanation:
As we know that the potential difference depends upon the capacitance.
ΔV = Q/C
When battery is disconnected the charge remains constant on the plates but the capacitance decreases. As the capacitance has an inverse relation with the potential difference, there will be an increase in it.
In addition to that the potential difference can also be defined as the product of field and distance between the plates. As the charge is constant so the field is constant. Upon increasing the separation between the plates the potential difference will also increased.
Mechanical energy is the energy that is possessed by an object due to its motion or due to its position. It can either be kinetics or potential. In this problem you know it starting position so you can calculate it's potential energy (PE):
<span>PE=mass∗gravity∗height=0.3kg∗9.8m/s2∗1.8m=?
</span>The answer will typically be given in joules:
1J=kg∗m2s2 Could be wrong... But I believe it is 5.3...? as a final product.
A speed cause it would slow down meeting eachother