GPE = 78,380 J
w = 39,240 N
First list what you know. You know the elephants mass and it’s height. You also know gravity on Earth. I will use g = 9.81.
m = 4,000 kg
h = 20 m
g = 9.81 m/s^2
You need to find the elephants weight. Weight = mass x gravity
w = mg
w = (4000 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)
w = 39,240 N (N = newtons)
Now, knowing the elephants weight, you can calculate its GPE.
Gravitational Potential Energy = weight x height
GPE = wh
GPE = (39,240N)(20m)
GPE = 78,380 J (J = joules)
Answer:
I think they are called balanced forces
Explanation:
Answer:
that would be newtons 3rd law
Explanation:
because its how it is
Answer:
5080.86m
Explanation:
We will divide the problem in parts 1 and 2, and write the equation of accelerated motion with those numbers, taking the upwards direction as positive. For the first part, we have:
We must consider that it's launched from the ground (
) and from rest (
), with an upwards acceleration 
that lasts a time t=9.7s.
We calculate then the height achieved in part 1:
And the velocity achieved in part 1:
We do the same for part 2, but now we must consider that the initial height is the one achieved in part 1 (
) and its initial velocity is the one achieved in part 1 (
), now in free fall, which means with a downwards acceleration 
. For the data we have it's faster to use the formula 
, where d will be the displacement, or difference between maximum height and starting height of part 2, and the final velocity at maximum height we know must be 0m/s, so we have:
Then, to get 
, we do:
And we substitute the values:
