SOLUTION: If a baseball (mass = .450 kg) is 45 feet up in the air how many Joules of potential energy does it have relative to the ground?

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Question 1182860: If a baseball (mass = .450 kg) is 45 feet up in the air how many Joules of potential energy does it have relative to the ground?
Answer by ikleyn(52847) About Me  (Show Source):
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Convert 45 feet to meters.

Then multiply the height in meters by the mass in kilograms and by the gravity acceleration of 10 m/s^2.

You will get the potential energy in joules.


Happy calculations (!)