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Consider a situation where you carry a 20-N box up a flight of stairs, raising its elevation by 5 m.
After you drop the box and it has fallen half way, its potential energy is __________ and its kinetic energy is __________.


Definitions:

Rate Determining Step

The slowest step in a chemical reaction mechanism that determines the overall rate of reaction.

Exothermic Reaction

A chemical reaction that releases energy in the form of heat or light, often making the surroundings warmer.

Alkyl Substituents

Groups of atoms attached to main molecules consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms arranged in a chain, modifying the molecules' properties.

Carbocationic Center

A positively charged carbon atom within an organic molecule, characterized by a lack of a full octet of electrons.

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