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  • 23-10-2016
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If a 50 kg student is standing on the edge of a cliff. Find the student’s gravitational potential energy if the cliff is 40 m high.

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mfuadchow
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  • 23-10-2016
you can find it using the equation: potential energy=mass*gravitational acceleration*height.

energy=50kg*9.8N/kg*40m=19600Nm=19600J or 19.6kJ

Sometimes they use 10 instead of 9.8 for the g constant. 
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