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aro stated that when someone hits a golf ball with a club, the amount of energy the ball has changes, the amount of energy that the club has changes, and the total energy of the system that includes the ball and the club increases. Which best explains Taro’s error?
The amount of energy that the ball has does not change.
The amount of energy that the club has does not change.
The total energy of the system remains the same.
The total energy of the system decreases.
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"The total energy of the system remains the same."
Reason: energy is conserved. When the club hits the ball energy is transferred and transformed (club kinetic → ball kinetic + heat, sound, deformation), but for the closed club+ball system the total energy does not increase — it is only redistributed or converted to other forms. Energy would increase only if an external agent (the golfer) does additional work on the system.
Reason: energy is conserved. When the club hits the ball energy is transferred and transformed (club kinetic → ball kinetic + heat, sound, deformation), but for the closed club+ball system the total energy does not increase — it is only redistributed or converted to other forms. Energy would increase only if an external agent (the golfer) does additional work on the system.
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