Question

If a monkey drops a banana off of a cliff, where are the potential and kinetic energies of the banana equal?(1 point)
Responses

at the bottom
at the bottom

a quarter of the way down
a quarter of the way down

halfway down
halfway down

at the top
at the top

Answer 1

The potential and kinetic energies of the banana are equal **halfway down**.

At the top of the cliff, all the energy is potential. As the banana falls, potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. By the time the banana is halfway down, it has converted half of its initial potential energy into kinetic energy, making the two energies equal at that point.