Calculating GPE II

The highest inhabited town in the world has an elevation of 5334 m above sea level. What would be the gravitational potential energy of a 64 kg person in this town?

• 341,376 J

• 83.3 J

• 3,345,484.8 J

• 34,834.3 J

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What is the gravitational potential energy of an 85 kg mountain climber at the summit of a 6267 m volcano?

• 5,220,411 J

• 532,695 J

• 73.7 J

• 54,356.6 J

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What is the gravitational potential energy of a 26 kg eagle, flying at an altitude of 65 m at a speed of 19 m/s?

• 32,110 J

• 1690 J

• 172.4 J

• 16,562 J

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An Olympic high jumper, with a mass of 82 kg, has a maximum gravitational potential energy of 1970 J. How high was the jump?

• 24 m

• 161,540 m

• 2.5 m

• 201 m

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The world record for pole vaulting is 6.15 m. I the pole vaulter’s gravitational potential energy is 4942 J, what is his mass?

• 803.6 kg

• 504.3 kg

• 30,393.3 kg

• 82 kg

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One of the tallest radio towers is in Fargo, North Dakota. The tower is 629 m tall. If a bird lands on top of the tower, so that the gravitational potential energy associated with the bird is 2033 J, what is its mass?

• 1,278,757 kg

• 12,531,819 kg

• 3.25 kg

• 0.330 kg

• 0.309 kg

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An automobile to be transported by ship is raised 7.0 m above the dock. If its gravitational potential energy is 66,000 J, what is the automobile’s mass?

• 4,527,600 kg

• 462,000 kg

• 962.1 kg

• 9428.6 kg

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The largest sea turtle found in the United States had a mass of 860 kg. If the gravitational potential energy associated with the turtle as it was being lifted onto a ship was 20,000 J, how high above the water was the turtle?

• 2.37 m

• 23.3 m

• 17,200,000 m

• 168,560,000 m

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In 1993, Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor set the world record for the high jump. The gravitational potential energy associated with Sotomayor’s jump was 1970 J. Sotomayor’s mass was 82.0 kg. How high did Sotomayor jump?

• 1,583,092 m

• 24.6 m

• 2.5 m

• 161,540 m

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On a distant planet, the GPE of a 65 kg astronaut is 11,115 J when they are on a 45 m tall cliff. What is the acceleration due to gravity on this planet?

• 16,055 m/s²

• 0.26 m/s²

• 3.8 m/s²

• 9.8 m/s²

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