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A pendulum is released from a certain height. At what point is its potential energy the greatest?
Group of answer choices
When it stops moving
At the highest point of its swing
At the lowest point of its swing
Halfway down its swing
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At the highest point of its swing.
Gravitational potential energy is mgh, so it's largest where the height h is greatest (the endpoints). The kinetic energy is zero there (it momentarily stops), and at the lowest point PE is minimum while kinetic energy is maximum.
Gravitational potential energy is mgh, so it's largest where the height h is greatest (the endpoints). The kinetic energy is zero there (it momentarily stops), and at the lowest point PE is minimum while kinetic energy is maximum.
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