Sarah live alone in the 3rd floor of 5 story townhouse building where each story is roughly 3.69 meters high. She have just received her deliveries of cosmetics she ordered online. If she placed it on the countertop of her kitchen, what is the gravitational potential energy relative to the townhouse’s rooftop? The combined mass of the packaging (box) and the cosmetics is 27kg and the height of the counter top is 1.41 m. Express answer in Joules and in two decimal places.

Sarah live alone in the 3rd floor of 5 story townhouse building where each story is roughly 3.69 meters high. She have just received her deliveries of cosmetics she ordered online. If she placed it on the countertop of her kitchen, what is the gravitational potential energy relative to the townhouse’s rooftop? The combined mass of the packaging (box) and the cosmetics is 27kg and the height of the counter top is 1.41 m. Express answer in Joules and in two decimal places.

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