Question

A 20-kg child is tossed up into the air by her parent. the child is 2 meters off ground traveling 5 m/s.

Cirlce one: KE / GPE / both
Show your work for finding the values of each type of each type of energy the object has:

Answer 1

BOTH.

m=20kg v=5m/s h=2m g=9.8

GPE = mgh = 20*9.8*2 = 392 J

KE = 1/2*mv^2 = 1/2*20*5^2 = 250J