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

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1. 400 joules
2. 3920 joules
3. 4 joules

User M Karimi
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Answer : 2. 3,924 J

Explained : PE = 40•9.81•10 = 3,924
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