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Gravitational potential energy
How does a book on a higher shelf have more potential energy than a book on the lower shelf
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The shelf in a hatch back is a partial shelf. A parcel is a package.
PE = m x 9.8 x h:So, 5kg x 9.8 x 5m = 245 joules potential energy.
The statue has 274.4 joules of gravatational potential energyrelative to the fround.
Gravitational potential energy
Potential energy.
Sure. When a 6-kg bowling ball is resting on a shelf that's 2 meters off the floor, it has 12 joules of gravitational potential energy referenced to the floor.
Potential energy takes many different definitions, but the most common is due to gravity. Say move a book from the floor to a shelf that is one meter above the ground. The book has a mass of 2 kilograms. While the book is on the floor, it has zero potential energy. Since potential energy is defined as the height times the mass times the gravitational constant, and height is equal to zero at that point, there is no potential energy. But when it is moved to one meter high, the math goes as follows: 1 meter X 2 kilograms X 9.8 meters per second squared(The gravitaional Constant) = 19.6 Joules(The unit of potential energy).
The potential energy of the book on the shelf is equal to the work done to lift the book to the shelf. This is because the potential energy of an object at a certain height is equivalent to the work done against gravity to lift it to that height.
Since potential energy equals mgh. When h, height increases potential energy also increases. If h is 0 then p.e is 0/
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Place it on a higher shelf. If it has to stay on the same shelf, then its potential energy can only be increased by adding some pages to it.
Gravitational potential energy is the product of the force required to lift the mass and the height. For a mass of 0.5 kg, the force attracting it to the earth is 0.5 x 9.81 Newtons. (9.81 is the acceleration of a body in freefall, in units of meters/sec2.) As in this case the mass is raised 1 meter, its energy is 0.5 x 9.81 x 1 = 4.905 Joules.