Consider a Situation Where You Carry a 20-N Box Up

question 1

Multiple Choice

Consider a situation where you carry a 20-N box up a flight of stairs, raising its elevation by 5 m. After the dropped box hits the floor, its kinetic energy is

• A) 0.
• B) equal to its potential energy.
• C) is converted to internal energy.
• D) none of the above.

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