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A 3 * 10 to the power -3 kg copper penny drops a distance of 50 m to the ground. if 65 percent of the initial potentia energy goes into increasing the internal energy of the penny, determine the megnitude of that increase.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The magnitude of the increase is 0.9555J

Explanation

Potential Energy (PE) = mgh mass(m) = 3 * 10 ^ - 3 * kg

, acceleration due to gravity (g) = 9.8m / (s ^ 2) distance(h) = 50m PE = 3 * 10 ^ - 3 * 9.8 * 50 = 1.47J Increase in internal energy = 65% of 1.47J = 0.65 × 1.47J

= 0.9555J

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