Question

explain in the terms in the equation of PE=mgh​

Answer 1

potential energy is equal to product of mass,acceleration due to gravity and height of that object.... it is actually energy possessed due to its height... thanks

Answer 2

Gravitational Potential Energy Formula

The gravitational potential energy of an object is the 'stored energy' that the object has by being at that height. This is equivalent to its mass times the force of gravity, g (a defined constant of 9.8 m/s2) times the height of the object.

Potential energy = mass x gravity x height.

Egrav = PE = mgh

PE = potential energy, J or kg.m2/s2

m = mass, kg

g = gravity = 9.8 m/s2

h = height, m

Gravitational Potential Energy Formula Questions:

1) A basketball, with a mass of 2.2 kg, falls off a window ledge, to the ground 50 m below. What is the gravitational potential energy of the ball when it arrives below?

Answer: The mass, m = 2.2 kg; the height, h = 50 m; the force of gravity, g =9.8 m/s2.

PE = mgh

PE = (2.2 kg)(9.8 m/s2)(50 m)

E = 1078 kg m2 / s2 = 1078 J

2) You move to a different floor in the building and drop the same ball. It now hits the sidewalk with a PE of 925 kg m2/s2, what is the height from which the ball fell?

Answer: The mass, m = 2.2 kg; the force of gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2; and the

PE = 925 kg m2/s2.

PE = mgh

h = (PE) /mg

h = (925 kg m2/s2)/ (2.2 kg)(9.8 m/s2)

h = 42.9 m