Question

What is the relationship of speed and position of object to the amount of energy posessed by a body? ​

Answer 1

The various types of mechanical energy possessed by a body by the virtue of its position and velocity are as follows :

• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

Now, kinetic energy is a type of mechanical energy possessed by a body by the virtue of its velocity and its expression is given as:

$\boxed{KE = \dfrac{1}{2} m {v}^{2} }$

Similarly, potential energy is also a type of mechanical energy which is possessed by a body by the virtue of its position with respect to the reference frame.

$\boxed{PE = mgh}$

• This PE is actually gravitational potential energy in which 'h' denotes the position with respect to the reference frame.

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