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ISBN: 9781938168932

Author: Gregg Wolfe, Irina Lyublinskaya, Douglas Ingram

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 7, Problem 21CQ

Explain why it is easier to climb a mountain on a zigzag path rather than one straight up the side. Is your increase in gravitational potential energy the same in both cases? Is your energy consumption the same in both?

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