Show that the gravitational potential energy of a 1000-kg boulder raised 5 m above ground level is

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Show that the gravitational potential energy of a 1000-kg boulder raised 5 m above ground level is 50,000 J. (You can express g in units of N/kg, because m/s2 is equivalent to N/kg.) Kinetic energy = 1/2 mass × velocity2; KE = 1/2 mv2.

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Conceptual Physical Science

ISBN: 978-0134060491

6th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt, John A. Suchocki, Leslie A. Hewitt

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