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predict:what do you think would happen to the balls potential energy if it is knocked off the shelf and falls to the floor?

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Savatey [412]2 years ago

8 0

The potential energy will decrease

Explanation:

The gravitational potential energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its position in the gravitational field, and it is given by the equation

$PE=mgh$

where

m is the mass of the object

g is the acceleration of gravity

h is the height of the object with respect a reference level (usually, ground level)

In this problem, we have a ball that is knocked off a shelf and falls to the floor. As the ball falls to the floor, its altitude $h$ decreases. As we see from the equation, the potential energy is directly proportional to the altitude: therefore, as the altitude decreases, the potential energy of the ball will decrease as well.

However, the total mechanical energy of the ball, in absence of air resistance, will remain constant:

E = PE + KE = constant

where KE is the kinetic energy of the ball: this means that during the fall, the potential energy of the ball will be converted into kinetic energy (which is the energy of motion: in fact, the speed of the ball will keep increasing).

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