Question

which would result in a larger change in gravitational potential energy: taking an elevator up to the top floor of a building, or taking the stairs up to the top floor of the same building? group of answer choices taking the stairs neither -- the change in gravitational potential energy would be the same more information is needed taking an elevator

Answer 1

Neither

Step-by-step explanation:

The change in gravitational potential energy is given by the equation

ΔGPE = mgΔh

For the same person taking the elevator and stairs, their mass and the value of g would be always stay the same. As they are going up the same building, their change in height is also the same, so their change in GPE is the same, hence the answer is neither.