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consider these four situations; a 3-kg ball at rest atop a 5-m-tall hill, a 4-kg ball at rest a 5- m-tall hill?

i need the answer to each of these situations i dont know how to do them haha

Update:

the questions are

a) rank from greatest to least the potential energy of each ball.

b)rank from greatest to least the kinetic energy of each ball

c)rank from greatest to least the total energy of each ball.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    a)

    ball1: Ep=mhg=3kgx5mx9,81m/s^2=147,15N

    ball2: 4kgx5mx9,81m/s^2=196,2N

    b)

    ball1: Ek=½mv^2=½x3kgx(0m/s)^2=0N

    ball2: ½x4kgx(0m/s)^2=0N

    c)

    ball1: E=Ep+Ek=147,15N+0N=147,15N

    ball2: 196,2N+0N=196,2N

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