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I was told it was 5.886 J by another tutor on here but that was incorrect so just trying again

I was told it was 5.886 J by another tutor on here but that was incorrect so just-example-1
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The potential energy of gravity is given by:


\begin{gathered} E=mgh \\ where: \\ m=0.3 \\ h=2 \\ g=9.8 \\ so: \\ E=0.3\cdot2\cdot9.8 \\ E\approx5.9J \end{gathered}

Answer:

5.9 J

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