m g h
in Joules
h = 410 sin 16 meters
g = 9.81 meters/second^2 approximately
m given 6100 kg
You are on vacation in San Francisco and decide to take a cable car to see the city. A 6100-kg cable car goes 410 m up a hill inclined 16 ∘ above the horizontal. The system is the car and Earth.
Determine the change in the total energy of the system when the car moves from the bottom to the top. Ignore friction.
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