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

at the top
at the top

halfway down
halfway down

a quarter of the way down

Answer 1

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

At the top, all the energy is potential. As the banana falls, potential energy decreases while kinetic energy increases. At the halfway point, the decrease in potential energy equals the increase in kinetic energy.