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How does height and mass affect the amount of potential energy that an object has?

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increases in either height or mass will increase the object's gravitational potential energy

Step-by-step explanation:

I assume the question is referring to gravitational potential energy, which is given by the equation:

U = mgh

m referring to object mass

g is the gravitational constant -9.81m/s^2

h referring to object's height (usually from the ground)

We see that all values are multiplied, and thus U (potential energy) is difrectly proportional to m and h in that, if you increase either factor, in the equation, your result (the potential energy) will increase.

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