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a baby carriage is sitting at the top of the hill that is 21 m high. the carriage with the baby has a mass or 1.5kg. the carriage has ___ energy. calculate it.

User Mihai Paraschivescu
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Answer:
309 Joules

Steps:
We can use the gravitational potential energy formula.
GPE = mgh
We are given the mass, the height, and we know gravity. Let’s solve for GPE

1.5 * 9.81 * 21 = 309 Joules
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