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Someone please help me, I know I already asked a question please don't think I not smart, but

#1. How are potential and kinetic energy related?


#2. How are sounds made?

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Answer:

PE is related to the ability to do work, If an item is sitting on a shelf

it has potential energy relative to its position on the floor, However, if the object were to fall it would hit the floor with a KE equal to the PE that it had sitting on the shelf.

Sounds are caused by compressional waves in the air - when a piano key is struck or a TV is turned on, then compressional waves are produced in the surrounding air due to a disturbance. The human ear recognizes the disturbed air as due to the object that created the disturbance.

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