An object of mass weighing 5.24 kilograms is raised to a height of 1.63 meters. What is the potential energy of the object at that height? Note that acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters/second2.
A.
65 joules
B.
84 joules
C.
91 joules
D.
1.0 × 102 joules
E.
1.5 × 102 joules

Question

An object of mass weighing 5.24 kilograms is raised to a height of 1.63 meters. What is the potential energy of the object at that height? Note that acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters/second2.
A. 
65 joules
B. 
84 joules
C. 
91 joules
D. 
1.0 × 102 joules
E. 
1.5 × 102 joules

Mercury · Answer

potential energy = U = mgh

m is your mass (5.24), g is the gravitational constant (9.8) and h is height (1.63m)

plug in and evaluate

SunniD · Answer

5.24*9.8*1.63  83.70376 then im assuming you round up?

Mercury · Answer

yup