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When the height of the cylinder increased by a factor of 5, from 100 m to 500 m, what happened to the cylinder’s gravitational potential energy?
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When the height of the cylinder increased by a factor of 5, from 100 m to 500 m, what happened to the cylinder’s gravitational potential energy?

User Jorge Nunez Newton
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PE = m*g*h ⇒ 5* PE = 5*m*g*h


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It increased by a factor of 5
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