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What is the relationship between an object’s mass and its gravitational potential energy?.

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Answer:

If we’re talking about objects on the Earth, the gravitational potential energy is given by:

Step-by-step explanation:

PEg=mgh

so the energy is proportional to the mass ( m ), but also to the strength of the gravitational field ( g ), and the height ( h ) to which the mass is lifted.

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