Which of the following will have a bigger impact on potential energy? Group of answer choices Need more information to identify Doubling the mass Doubling the mass and doubling the change of height will have the same effect Doubling the change of height

Which of the following will have a bigger impact on potential energy? Group of answer choices Need more information to identify Doubling the mass Doubling the mass and doubling the change of height will have the same effect Doubling the change of height

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter11: Energy And Its Conservation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 82A

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