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Fynjy0
29 days ago
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A student is studying the potential energy change of a 50 kg object raised 110 km above Earth's surface. What will be the percen

tage error if he simply used the approximate relation ΔU = mgΔy? Hint
Physics
1 answer:
Maru [3.3K]29 days ago
7 0
The calculated percentage error is 99.9 %.
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Here, assume the backward direction is negative and the right direction is positive.

The net force will move in the direction where the larger force is present. The net force can be calculated as:

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