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You drop three different balls from your second-floor deck to the ground. The mass of the balls is shown.
Which ball will experience the greatest change in kinetic energy from the deck to the ground?
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A baseballbaseball
B golf ballgolf ball
C tennis balltennis ball
D They will all have the same kinetic energy because the height is the same.They will all have the same kinetic energy because the height is the same.
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A — the baseball.
Explanation: by energy conservation the change in kinetic energy equals the drop in gravitational potential energy, ΔKE = m g h. With the same height and g, ΔKE is proportional to mass, so the heaviest ball (the baseball) gains the most kinetic energy. (If air resistance is important the results can be affected, but in the ideal drop ΔKE = mgh.)
Explanation: by energy conservation the change in kinetic energy equals the drop in gravitational potential energy, ΔKE = m g h. With the same height and g, ΔKE is proportional to mass, so the heaviest ball (the baseball) gains the most kinetic energy. (If air resistance is important the results can be affected, but in the ideal drop ΔKE = mgh.)
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