Question

A 97 kg climber climbs to the top of Mount Everest, which has a peak height of 8850 m above sea level. What is the climber’s potential energy with respect to sea level?

Answer 1

Answer:

potential energy = mgh

where m = mass of object

g = accleration due to gravity i.e. 9.8 m/s ( standard result)

h = height of the object from ground or some reference ( like here it is sea)

so potential energy = 97 ×9.8 × 8850 = 8,412,810 joules