College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321879721
Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 20P
A 1000 kg wrecking ball hangs from a 15-m-long cable. The ball is pulled back until the cable makes an angle of 25° with the vertical. By how much has the gravitational potential energy of the ball changed?
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