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(5) Gravitational blyes • A pear is hanging from a pear tree. The pear pear is 3.5m above the ground and has a mass of 0.14 kg. What is the pear's gravi tation potential energy? Answer: C​

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Answer:

4.9 J

Step-by-step explanation:

gravitational potential energy= mgh (m is mass g is gravitational field strength with a constant value of 10 and h is height.)

This can also be written as wh as mg gives the weight value.

= 0.14×10×3.5

= 4.9 J

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