A technician at a construction site accidentally drops a concrete block with a mass of 8 kg from a scaffold, which is 10 m above the ground. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, calculate how much gravitational potential energy the block possesses when it has fallen half the distance.
A technician at a construction site accidentally drops a concrete block with a mass of 8 kg from a scaffold, which is 10 m above the ground. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, calculate how much gravitational potential energy the block possesses when it has fallen half the distance.
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A technician at a construction site accidentally drops a concrete block with a mass of 8 kg from a scaffold,
which is 10 m above the ground. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, calculate how much gravitational
potential energy the block possesses when it has fallen half the distance.
O a. 885 Joule
O b. 400 Joule
O c. 392 Joule
O d. 784 Joule
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