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Homework Statement
My professor has provided me with an equation, and my task is to write a conservation of energy problem whose solution would produce said equation.
Here is the equation:
(1/2)(3kg)(7m/s)^2 + 0 + (0.15)(3kg)(9.8m/s^2)(2.0m) = 0 + 0 + T(2.0m)
Homework Equations
Work internal = 0
W = F . d
The Attempt at a Solution
A 3 kilogram rabbit who lives on a planet with 15% the gravity of that of earth. During his daily run, while on top of a 2.0m hill, his speed peaks at 7m/s. At this point, what is his total energy?
This question accounts for the first two terms of the equation, both of the left side. I am still left wondering, however, what the T on the right side stands for. Note that this is a thermodynamics class; however, we have had less than an hour of class and have yet to learn any thermodynamics. Could T stand for temperature here? If so, how can I use this value in terms of energy?