Question

(a) Define ‘potential energy’.

(b) Give an example where potential energy is acquired by a body due to change in its shape.

(c) A skier of mass 50 kg stands at A at the top of a ski jump. He takes off at A for his jump to B.

Calculate the change in his gravitational potential energy between A and B.​

Answer 1

The energy possed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses with in itself, electric charge and other factors

Answer 2

(a) it is the energy possessed by an object by virtue of its shape, size, and position.

(b) stretching a rubber band.

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