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How do you find an object's gravitational potential energy given weight and height above a reference point?

Find the gravitational potential energy of a bowling ball that weighs 50 Newtons relative to a set of pins that are 20 meters below.

Summary

  1. h- height, blue m- meters
  2. N- Newtons, units of force
  3. Fg- force of gravity
  4. mg- weight
  5. PEg- gravitational potential energy
  6. J- Joules, units of energy

Notes

    1. h- height, blue m- meters
    2. mg- weight
    3. N- Newtons
    1. PEg- gravitational potential energy
    1. PEg- gravitational potential energy
    1. PEg- gravitational potential energy
    2. mg- weight
    3. h- height
    1. PEg- gravitational potential energy
    2. N- Newtons, units of force
    3. m- meters
    1. PEg- gravitational potential energy
    2. J- Joules, units of energy