One person says that the potential energy of a particular book kept in an Almirah is 20 J and the other says it is 30 J. Is one of them necessarily wrong?
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Answer ⇒ No.
Explanation ⇒
We know that the Potential energy is dependent upon the chosen configuration. One is free to choose the zero Potential energy configuration since, the origin is choose arbitrarily.
Hence, the Potential energy is depending upon the chosen configuration.
In the Given case, It may be Possible that both the Person have chosen different configuration.
Hence, No one of them is wrong.
Hope it helps.
Explanation ⇒
We know that the Potential energy is dependent upon the chosen configuration. One is free to choose the zero Potential energy configuration since, the origin is choose arbitrarily.
Hence, the Potential energy is depending upon the chosen configuration.
In the Given case, It may be Possible that both the Person have chosen different configuration.
Hence, No one of them is wrong.
Hope it helps.
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✔Potential energy is energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.
✔Common types include the gravitational potential energy of an object that depends on its mass and its distance from the centre of mass of another object, the elastic potential energy of an extended spring, and the elastic potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field.
✔Potential energy is associated with forces that act on a body in a way that depends only on the body's position in space.
✔These forces can be represented by a vector at every point in space forming a vector field of forces, or a force field.
✔So it depends on the person position and force field.
✔✔Thus we can not say definitely which one is right or wrong or both of them right.
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✔Potential energy is energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.
✔Common types include the gravitational potential energy of an object that depends on its mass and its distance from the centre of mass of another object, the elastic potential energy of an extended spring, and the elastic potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field.
✔Potential energy is associated with forces that act on a body in a way that depends only on the body's position in space.
✔These forces can be represented by a vector at every point in space forming a vector field of forces, or a force field.
✔So it depends on the person position and force field.
✔✔Thus we can not say definitely which one is right or wrong or both of them right.
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