Suppose you raise this book (inertia (m=3.4 mathrm{~kg}) ) from the floor to your desk, (1.0 mathrm{~m})

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Suppose you raise this book (inertia \(m=3.4 \mathrm{~kg}\) ) from the floor to your desk, \(1.0 \mathrm{~m}\) above the floor.

(a) Does the gravitational potential energy of the Earth-book system increase or decrease?

(b) By how much?

(c) Conservation of energy requires that this change in potential energy be compensated for by a change in energy somewhere in the universe. Where?

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