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A bowling ball and a beach ball are both at rest on a 3rd story balcony. The bowling ball has more mass than the beach ball. What can be said about their energies? They have the same amount of GPE because
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A bowling ball and a beach ball are both at rest on a 3rd story balcony. The bowling ball has more mass than the beach ball. What can be said about their energies?

They have the same amount of GPE because they are the same height
The beach ball has more GPE because it has less mass
The bowling ball has more GPE because it has more mass
Neither ball has any GPE because they are not moving

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because the bowling ball has a heavier mass, it will have more energy on the decent

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