If an object weighing 12 N is released from rest at a height of 3 m above the ground.  a. How much potential energy has the object lost when it is at a height of 1 m from the ground? b. What is the amount of kinetic energy the object has gained at this point? c. What is the velocity of the object at this position?

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18) If an object weighing 12 N is released from rest at a height of 3 m above the ground. 

a. How much potential energy has the object lost when it is at a height of 1 m from the ground?

b. What is the amount of kinetic energy the object has gained at this point?

c. What is the velocity of the object at this position?

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