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Which of the following examples describes an increase in potential energy? Question 1 options: a paint can being carried up a ladder a bicycle going down a hilla bicycle going down a hill a roller coaster moving down the tracka roller coaster moving down the track a basketball falling through a net

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The answer is a paint can being carried up a ladder
Potential energy refers to the type of energy that creation because of he position of a certain object relative to the direction of the Gravity.
On Earth, potential energy would increase if the object is placed further away from the Ground
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