Imagine a book that is falling from a shelf. At a particular moment during its fall, the book has a kinetic energy of 24 J and a potential energy with respect to the floor of 47 J. (a) How do the books kinetic energy and its potential energy change as it continues to fall? (b) What was the initial potential energy of the book, and what is its total kinetic energy at the instant just before it strikes the floor? (c) If a heavier book fell from the same shelf, would it have the same kinetic energy when it strikes the floor? [Section 5.1]
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Textbook Solutions for Chemistry: The Central Science
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Problem 1E
Visualizing Concepts
Imagine a book that is falling from a shelf. At a particular moment during its fall, the book has a kinetic energy of 24 J and a potential energy with respect to the floor of 47 J. (a) How do the book’s kinetic energy and its potential energy change as it continues to fall? (b) What was the initial potential energy of the book, and what is its total kinetic energy at the instant just before it strikes the floor? (c) If a heavier book fell from the same shelf, would it have the same kinetic energy when it strikes the floor? [Section]
Solution
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Some types of conservative forces lend themselves to replacing work by what we call potential energy.
The reaction between potential energy , mass, acceleration of gravity and height as follows;
Objects also possess different type of energy when it is in motion called Kinetic energy..
The magnitude of kinetic energy, , is directly proportional to mass,
, and speed,
of the object.
The kinetic energy of an object increases as its speed increases.
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