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A terrible accident happens on a commercial airliner traveling at 300m/s, and a passenger jumps from the plane at an altitude of 2500m. After falling to 2000m altitude they are descending vertically at 80m/s. What is their total mechanical energy change

A terrible accident happens on a commercial airliner traveling at 300m/s, and a passenger jumps from the plane at an altitude of 2500m. After falling to 2000m altitude they are descending vertically at 80m/s. What is their total mechanical energy change

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Chapter8: Potential Energy And Conservation Of Energy
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A terrible accident happens on a commercial airliner traveling at 300m/s, and a passenger jumps from
the plane at an altitude of 2500m. After falling to 2000m altitude they are descending vertically at 80m/s.

What is their total mechanical energy change?

(20) A terrible accident happens on a commercial airliner traveling at 300m/s, and a passenger jumps from the plane at an altitude of 2500m. After falling to 2000m altitude they are descending vertically at 80m/s. What is their total mechanical energy change.
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