Calculate the amount of gravitational potential energy at the top of each hill

and at the bottom of each valley. Be sure to convert your distance

measurements to meters. Use an approximated value of 58.0 g for the mass

of the tennis ball, and 9.81 m/s2

as the acceleration due to gravity. Record

your calculations in joules in the Kinetic and Potential Energies table.

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Physics

Branden Tate

22 October, 09:35

Calculate the amount of gravitational potential energy at the top of each hill

and at the bottom of each valley. Be sure to convert your distance

measurements to meters. Use an approximated value of 58.0 g for the mass

of the tennis ball, and 9.81 m/s2

as the acceleration due to gravity. Record

your calculations in joules in the Kinetic and Potential Energies table.

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Kirsten Gonzalez · Answer 1

The gravitational potential energy has the formula:

PE = mgh

where PE is in joules

m is the mass of the object in kg

g is the acceleration due to gravity

h is the height in m

since you did not give the value of h, i cannot fully answer your quesstion.

PE = (58/1000 kg) (9.81m/s2) h

PE = 0.57h

just substitute the value of h in the equation