47,035 views
28 votes
28 votes
A cat jumped off a shelf. It has 40 Joules of Mechanical Energy and 16 Joules of Kinetic Energy. What is the Potential Energy? (ENTER THE NUMERICAL VALUE ONLY)

User Jaytea
by
2.6k points

1 Answer

14 votes
14 votes

Answer:

24 Joules

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula is mechanical energy = kinetic energy + potential energy. So in order to find the potential energy you will need to reverse it.

Mechanical energy- Kinetic energy= Potential energy.

40- 16= 24

Answer: 24 Jolues.

Hope this helps!

User Ldam
by
2.9k points