Question

the potential energy of a freely falling object decreases progressively does this violate the law of conservation of energy why​

Answer 1

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No ,this does not violate the law of conservation of energy. The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form to another. The total energy before and after the work remains the same

Answer 2

The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, but can change its form from one to another.

The potential energy of a freely falling object decreases progressively, but since it gains a velocity, which keeps on increasing, its kinetic energy also increases. Hence, the potential energy that is decreased by falling, gets converted to the kinetic energy. Thus, the mechanical energy (potential energy + kinetic energy) remains constant, thus energy is conserved.

Potential energy + kinetic energy = constant