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If a rock falls from a cliff, at what point are its kinetic energy and its potential energy the same? Ignore air resistance.
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If a rock falls from a cliff, at what point are its kinetic energy and its potential energy the same? Ignore air resistance.

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I think its the whole time they are falling
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The gravitational potential energy it had from being above the ground is converted to kinetic energy as the rock falls. As kinetic energy increases, the velocity of the rock will also increase.

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