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An acorn with a mass of 0.0300 kilograms falls from a tree. What is its kinetic energy when it reaches a velocity of 5.00 m/s?

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The equation for kinetic energy is
K = (mv^2)/(2).

So, plugging .03 for m and 5 for v, we can get 0.375 as our kinetic energy.
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