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A box has a mass of 5.8 kg. the box is lifted from the garage floor and placed on a shelf. if the shelf is 2.5 m high, what is the potential energy of the box?
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A box has a mass of 5.8 kg. the box is lifted from the garage floor and placed on a shelf. if the shelf is 2.5 m high, what is the potential energy of the box?

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the answer is 140 J and my work is on the paper, hope it helps!

A box has a mass of 5.8 kg. the box is lifted from the garage floor and placed on-example-1
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PE = mgh

PE = 5.8 x 9.8 x 2.5

PE = 142.1 J

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