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

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

At the top of the cliff, the banana has maximum potential energy and zero kinetic energy. As it falls, potential energy converts to kinetic energy. When it reaches halfway down, the potential energy is half of what it was at the top, and the kinetic energy is equal to that amount, making them equal at that point.