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When the height of the cylinder increased by a factor of 5, from 100 m to 500 m, what happened to the cylinder’s gravitational potential energy?
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When the height of the cylinder increased by a factor of 5, from 100 m to 500 m, what happened to the cylinder’s gravitational potential energy?

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Answer: It increased by a factor of 5

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Gravitational potential energy is given by the following formula:

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