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What is the potential energy of a 150 kg diver standing on a diving board that is 10 m high? The potential energy isJ.

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So this form of energy is gravitational potential, which is defined as mass*height*gravity so if we use gravity as 10 m/s^2 to keep it simple we can do 150kg*10m*10m/s^2 and we get a total of 15,000 joules
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the answer is 14,700
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