A baseball is thrown into the air as shown below.
Which is true about the total energy at point S?
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Responses
At point S, the total energy is half of the system’s total energy, as kinetic energy was destroyed.
At point S, the total energy is half of the system’s total energy, as kinetic energy was destroyed.
At point S, the total energy is double the total energy of the system, as new energy is created as the potential energy increases.
At point S, the total energy is double the total energy of the system, as new energy is created as the potential energy increases.
At point S, the total energy is three times the total energy of the system, as kinetic energy was increased.
At point S, the total energy is three times the total energy of the system, as kinetic energy was increased.
At point S, the total energy is equal to the total energy of the system because energy kinetic energy has been transformed to potential energy.
At point S, the total energy is equal to the total energy of the system because kinetic energy has been transformed to potential energy.
At point S, the total energy is equal to the total energy of the system because kinetic energy has been transformed to potential energy.
To determine the true statement about the total energy at point S, we need to understand the energy transformations happening during the motion of the baseball.
At point S, the baseball is at its highest position and has maximum potential energy. Potential energy is the stored energy an object possesses due to its position relative to other objects. In this case, the baseball has gravitational potential energy due to its height.
As the baseball is thrown into the air, its initial energy is a combination of kinetic energy (due to its motion) and potential energy. As it reaches point S, its kinetic energy decreases to zero because it momentarily stops moving at the highest point of its trajectory. However, the potential energy is maximum at this point.
Since energy is always conserved, the total energy of the system should remain constant. Therefore, the true statement about the total energy at point S is: "At point S, the total energy is equal to the total energy of the system because kinetic energy has been transformed to potential energy."