true or false

A car traveling at 65 miles per hour has kinetic energy because of its position on the road.

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true or false

A car traveling at 65 miles per hour has kinetic energy because of its position on the road.

jamesj · Answer

The car has kinetic energy because it's moving.

anonymous · Answer

(1/2)mv^2 and all that.

anonymous · Answer

It's true it has kinetic energy, but I don't think it's because of its position on the road.

anonymous · Answer

I don't think this question is written very well. If it is saying that the car has kinetc energy "due" to its position "relative" to the road, then yes it has kinetic energy. However if we chose a reference frame that was traveling at the same speed as the car then relative to THAT reference frame the car would have zero kinetic energy.