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when you drop an object from a height, does the energy transferred to its kinetic energy stores increase or decrease as it falls?

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Answer:

increase

Step-by-step explanation:

The potential energy of the object at a certain height converts to kinetic energy as the object falls. Objects in free fall are accelerating, so the velocity is increasing every second that the object is falling. KE = 1/2mv², so the greater the v, the greater the KE.

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