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Why can’t kinetic emerger ever be greater than potential energy

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Kinetic energy of an object can't be greater than potential energy. This is due to the reason that some of the energy is lost in the form of friction, heat energy, light energy etc. For example, a ball bounces to a height h in its first bounce.
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Kinetic energy of an object can't be greater than potential energy.

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This is due to the reason that some of the energy is lost in the form of friction, heat energy, light energy etc. For example, a ball bounces to a height h in its first bounce.

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