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A child on a high dive has a mass of 40 kilograms. If the high dive is 10 meters in the air, what is the potential energy?

3920 Joules

400 Joules

4 Joules

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Answer:

3920 Joules

Step-by-step explanation:

The potential energy of a body can be found by using the formula

PE = mgh

where

m is the mass

h is the height

g is the acceleration due to gravity which is 9.8 m/s²

From the question we have

PE = 40 × 9.8 × 10

We have the final answer as

3920 J

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