nestion 6 of 8 The superheroine Xanaxa, who has a mass of 67.5 kg, is pursuing the 72.1 kg archvillain Lexlax. She leaps from the ground to the top of a 173 m high building then dives off it and comes to rest at the bottom of a 15.3 m deep excavation where she finds Lexlax and neutralizes him. Does all this bring about a net gain or a net loss of gravitational potential energy? O gain O loss By how much will gravitational potential energy U, change? Answer with a positive number. Assume g = 9.81 m/s². Ug

nestion 6 of 8 The superheroine Xanaxa, who has a mass of 67.5 kg, is pursuing the 72.1 kg archvillain Lexlax. She leaps from the ground to the top of a 173 m high building then dives off it and comes to rest at the bottom of a 15.3 m deep excavation where she finds Lexlax and neutralizes him. Does all this bring about a net gain or a net loss of gravitational potential energy? O gain O loss By how much will gravitational potential energy U, change? Answer with a positive number. Assume g = 9.81 m/s². Ug

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nestion 6 of 8
The superheroine Xanaxa, who has a mass of 67.5 kg, is pursuing the 72.1 kg archvillain Lexlax. She leaps from the ground
to the top of a 173 m high building then dives off it and comes to rest at the bottom of a 15.3 m deep excavation where she
finds Lexlax and neutralizes him.
Does all this bring about a net gain or a net loss of gravitational potential energy?
O gain
O loss
By how much will gravitational potential energy U, change? Answer with a positive number. Assume g = 9.81 m/s².
Ug

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