A. Gravitational Potential Energy 1) Climbing a vertical rope is difficult. You have to lift your full body weight with your arms. If your mass is 60 kg and you climb 2.0 m, by how much do you increase your gravitational potential energy?

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A. Gravitational Potential Energy
1) Climbing a vertical rope is difficult. You have to lift your full body weight with your arms.
If your mass is 60 kg and you climb 2.0 m, by how much do you increase your
gravitational potential energy?
2) Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the Mars Climote
Orbiter spacecraft (mass 629 kg) was 2.87 x 10 km from the earth and traveling at
1.20 x 10 km/h relative to the earth. At this time, what were:
a) The spacecraft's kinetic energy relative to the earth and
b) The potential energy of the earth-spacecraft system?
Transcribed Image Text:Instruction: Read and understand this lesson. Write your answer in a long bond paper/yellow раper. Problem Solving: A. Gravitational Potential Energy 1) Climbing a vertical rope is difficult. You have to lift your full body weight with your arms. If your mass is 60 kg and you climb 2.0 m, by how much do you increase your gravitational potential energy? 2) Ten days after it was launched toward Mars in December 1998, the Mars Climote Orbiter spacecraft (mass 629 kg) was 2.87 x 10 km from the earth and traveling at 1.20 x 10 km/h relative to the earth. At this time, what were: a) The spacecraft's kinetic energy relative to the earth and b) The potential energy of the earth-spacecraft system?
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