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A firefighter is trying to break through a door. Will he use potential energy or kinetic energy to break through it?
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A firefighter is trying to

break through a door. Will
he use potential energy or
kinetic energy to break
through it?

User Neil Wightman
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Kinetic Energy. Kinetic energy is any type of movement. Movement is what is needed to break through a door.
User Moritz Roessler
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Answer:

he will use kinetic energy to break through the door

Step-by-step explanation:

because kinetic energy is movement and force

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