Question

Seema knows the mass of basketball. What other information is needed to find the balls potential energy

Answer 1

Answer: The height (position) of the ball and the acceleration due gravity

Explanation:

In this case we are taking about gravitational potential energy, which is the energy a body or object possesses, due to its position in a gravitational field.  In this sense, this energy depends on the relative height of an object with respect to some point of reference and associated with the gravitational force.  

In the case of the Earth, in which the gravitational field is considered constant, the gravitational potential energy $U$ will be:  

$U=mgh$  

Where:

$m$ is the mass of the ball

$g=9.8 m/s^{2}$ is the acceleration due gravity (assuming the ball is on the Earth surface)

$h$ is the height (position) of the ball respect to a given point

Note the value of the gravitational potential energy is directly proportional to the height.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. acceleration due to gravity and the height the ball reaches

Explanation:

because the potential energy equation is PE=mgh so, if we have m (mass) then all we need is g (gravity) and h (height) so your answer is c

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