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1. Imagine a bowling ball with a mass of 5,0 kg that is dropped from a height of 100m,

a. At the moment the bowling ball is dropped it is at a height of 100m, What is its
potential energy?
b. At the moment the bowling ball is dropped, it is not yet moving. Therefore, its
kinetic energy is what?
c. What is the total of both potential and kinetic energy?

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a.

Given,

height (h) = 100m

mass (m) = 5kg

acceleration due to gravitation (g) = 9.8ms^-2

Potential energy

= mgh

= 5kg × 9.8ms^-1 × 100m

= 4900 kgm²s^-2

= 4900 J

b.

Since the ball is not moving yet, its kinetic energy is 0.

c.

The total of potential and kinetic energy at every point of the journey is same, i.e., 4900 J.

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