Homework Help: chemistry .....please help :)

Posted by lalt on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 9:16pm.

Sitting in a chairlift, Rebecca has a gravitational potential energy of 5,997.6 J. If Rebecca has a mass of 51 kg, how high off the ground is the lift?
A. 6 m
B. 12 m
C. 118 m
D. 612 m

chemistry .....please help :) - DrBob222, Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:39pm
E = m*g*z
m = mass in kg
g = 9.8 m/s^2
z = height in meters
Solve for z.
You can check your calculation here.
http://www.ajdesigner.com/phppotentialenergy/potential_energy_equation.php

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