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A 1200 kg wrecking ball hangs from a 14-m-long cable. The ball is pulled back until the cable makes an angle of 19.0 ∘ with the vertical. By how much has the gravitational potential energy of the ball changed?

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Seems like there might be an easier way than all of this trig work.....let me know if it is incorrect: ( due to rounding the answer may be 8979 J )

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