A box of mass 4.0 kg hangs by a cable from the ceiling of an elevator. The elevator is moving up at a steady speed of 5.0 m/s for 8.0 m. Use g = 10 m/s2. Consider the system is the box and the Earth. Match the answers with questions

A box of mass 4.0 kg hangs by a cable from the ceiling of an elevator. The elevator is moving up at a steady speed of 5.0 m/s for 8.0 m. Use g = 10 m/s2. Consider the system is the box and the Earth. Match the answers with questions

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A box of mass 4.0 kg hangs by a cable from the ceiling of an elevator. The elevator is moving up at a steady speed of 5.0 m/s for 8.0 m. Use g = 10 m/s². Consider the system is the box and the Earth. Match the answers with questions.

m
What is the change of gravitational potential energy?
A. 50 J
v What is the change of kinetic energy?
В. 320 J
C. -50 J
D. 0

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