Question

as she gets closer to earth’s surface, would you expect her potential and kinetic energy to increase or decrease? ignore air resistance.

Answer 1

KE inc. PE dec.

Step-by-step explanation:

If she is accelerating down she is moving faster and faster, so the velocity in 0.5mv^2, is inc.

By conservation of energy alone this means PE is dec.

This makes sense due to her having less distance to fall, thus less PE, since PE=mgh in simple cases.

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