In the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail,a cow is catapulted from the top of a castlewall over to the people down below. Thegravitational potential energy is set to zero atground level. The cow is launched from aspring of spring constant 1.6 X 104 N/m thatis pulled back 0.3 m from equilibrium. If thecastle is 9.6 m tall and the mass of the cow is140 kg, what are the following?(a) the gravitational potential energy (in J) ofthe cow at the top of the castle J(b) the elastic spring energy (in J) of the cowbefore the catapult is released J(c) the speed (in m/s) of the cow right before itlands on the ground m/s

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