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a 75-kg refrigerator is located on the 70th floor of a skyscraper (300 meters above ground). what is the potential energy of the refrigerator?

User AmeliaBR
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Answer: 220,500

Step-by-step explanation:

it would be this because 75 times 9.8 times 300 would be 220,500

User Ronny K
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Here, you can calculate it's potential energy with respect to ground.
We know, U = mgh
Here, m = 75 Kg
g = 9.8 m/s² [ constant value for earth system ]
h = 300 m

Substitute their values into the expression:
U = 75 × 9.8 × 300
U = 220500 J

In short, Your Final Answer would be 220,500 J

Hope this helps!
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