Asked by wholemelt

The diagram shows a person holding a bow and arrow.

A person holds a bow and arrow with the arrow pulled back.
Which will most likely increase the kinetic energy in this system?

pulling farther back on the string
releasing the string
holding the arrow higher
decreasing the mass of the arrow

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Releasing the string.

Reason: With the string released the stored elastic potential energy in the bow is converted into the arrow's kinetic energy. Pulling farther back increases stored potential energy but does not increase kinetic energy until you release; the other choices do not directly produce more kinetic energy.