If you do 110 J of work to elevate a bucket of water, what is its gravitational potential energy relative to its starting position
Expert Answers
Tushar Chandra
| Certified Educator
| Certified Educator
calendarEducator since 2010
write12,551 answers
starTop subjects are Math, Science, and Business
When a body is raised by a height h, it requires work to be done. This is equal to m*g*h, where m is the mass of the body, g is the acceleration due to the gravitational force of attraction and h is the height it is raised by.
If 110 J of work is done in raising the bucket of water from its starting position, the work done is stored as gravitational potential energy of the bucket. Its height increases by 110/m*g.
According to the law of conservation of energy, the total energy in a system remains the same. When you do work on the bucket of water equal to 110 J, the increase in the gravitational potential energy of the bucket is also 110 J.
Related Questions
- What are the relationships between gravitational potential energy vs. position, kinetic energy...
- 1 Educator Answer
- In the context of conservation of energy what effect does friction have on kinetic energy and...
- 1 Educator Answer
- What happens to gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and total mechanical energy of a...
- 1 Educator Answer
- You throw a basketball straight up into the air. Describe what happens to the kinetic energy and...
- 1 Educator Answer
- How does the potential energy of molecules increase during change of state, for example when ice...
- 1 Educator Answer