Thinking Like an Engineer
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 8, Problem 49RQ
A robotic rover on Mars finds a spherical rock with a diameter of 10 centimeters [cm]. The rover picks up the rock and lifts it 20 centimeters [cm] straight up. The resulting potential energy of the rock relative to the surface is 2 joules [J]. Gravitational acceleration on Mars is 3.7 meters per second squared [m/s2]. What is the specific gravity of the rock?
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