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of the kinetic energy of a falling Apple is 5.2J and its Potential energy is 3.5J what is the Mechanical energy

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The Mechanical Energy is given by the sum of the all energies of the system.


E_m=E_c+E_p \\ E_m=5.2+3.5 \\ \boxed {E_m=8.7~J}
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