How Do You Solve Potential Energy When No Height is Given?

BreezyHani · Nov 11, 2012

Homework Statement

how do you solve potential energy when no height was given? Do I just do gravity times the mass to get it?

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The Attempt at a Solution

frogjg2003 · Nov 11, 2012

Please show us the problem. We cannot figure out what to do unless we have some context.
Also, mass times gravity is a force, in Newtons, not work or energy, in Joules.

How Do You Solve Potential Energy When No Height is Given?

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How Do You Solve Potential Energy When No Height is Given?

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