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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a cart weighing 10 newtons is pushed 10 meters on a level surface by a force of 5 newtons. What is the increase in its potential energy?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

An object has a change in gravitational potential energy if and only if it has a change in height. Does the cart experience a change in height in this scenario?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

there is no increase in potential. as it is function of height and mass and in initial and final condition both mass and height not changed

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