Explain how energy can be transformed back and forth between potential and kinetic energy in a yo-yo. Does the total amount of energy in the yo-yo stay the same?

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Explain how energy can be transformed back and forth between potential and kinetic energy in a yo-yo. Does the total amount of energy in the yo-yo stay the same?

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The potential energy would be holding the yo-yo as the kinetic would be throwing it down and getting it back up

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