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Homework Statement
A certain lead acid storage battery has a mass of 30kg, Starting from a fully charged state, it can supply 5 amperes for 24 hours with a terminal voltage of 12 V before it is totally discharged. a If the energy stored in the the fully charged battery is used to lift the battery with 100% efficiency what height is attained? Assume that the acceleration due to gravity is 9.88 m/s/s and is constant with height. b. If the energy stored is used to accelerate the battery with 100% efficiency what velocity is attained. C Gasoline contains about 4.5 x 10^7 j/kg. Compare this with the energy content per unit mass for the fully charged battery.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I don't have an attempt to the solution manly because I am at lost to where to begin. I've read the section this question is referring to over and over again and I can't seem to get any closer to solving this problem. Can anyone please give me a hint on how to solve such a problem?