Posted: March 6th, 2017
The earth exerts a force on the apple, the force of gravity. The earth does work on the apple, I can write the following equation to describe this equation: W_apple, earth = deltaK + deltaU_gravity
The work done by the earth increases the apple’s kinetic energy and decreases its potential energy.
What mistake is this student making? How would you correct the student’s equation.
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