If a body weight 10N is lifted from the floor to a table 2m above the floor ,calculate the potential energy gained.What happens to the energy if the body falls of the table and hits the floor?

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If a body weight 10N is lifted from the floor to a table 2m above the floor ,calculate the potential energy gained.What happens to  the energy if the body falls of the table and hits the floor?

Grace · Accepted Answer

Force is in Newton so F=ma (where a is acceleration due to gravity) Potential energy =mgh P. E= force *h P. E= 10*2 P. E= 20joules. (b) there will be a conversation of potential energy to kinetic energy due to its change in position that to motion

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