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Which book in the picture below has the most amount of gravitational potential energy?

Book A
Book B
Book C

Which book in the picture below has the most amount of gravitational potential energy-example-1
User Reddy
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Book B because it has the most
User StefMa
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I would say Book B.

Gravitational Potential Energy is mass * gravity * height.

Gravity is same for the same, it's constant.

Book C is the lowest, so it has less height.

And Book B is clearly the more massive of Book A and Book B, which are the same height.

Book B

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