Question

what is gravitational potential energy ? find formula for gravitational potential energy in brainly

Answer 1

Some kinds of energy are easy to imagine. A fast-moving object has more movement, or kinetic energy, than a slow-moving object. A child .

Answer 2

Gravitational potential energy :

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• Each body experience a force of attraction due to Earth this force is due to gravity or weight of the body .
• The potential energy possessed by a body due to force of attraction of Earth on it is called gravitational potential energy .
• The gravitational potential energy of a body is zero when it is at infinity because the force of attraction of Earth on the body is then zero.

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Important note on gravitational potential which is important to learn :-

1. the gravitational potential energy of a body at a point is equal to the amount of work done by force of attraction of the body in bringing that from infinity to that point .
2. pains work is done by a force of gravity itself so at a distance from the order gravitational potential energy of a body is negative

Formula:-

W= force of gravity * displacement

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this work is done in lifting a body up and it gets stored in the body in form of gravitational potential energy when it is at height h.

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Some important notes in formula :-

we took force of gravity as mg and displacement as h

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