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3.1 Energy stores and calculations

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Question 36

A cable car of mass 2800 kg descends a mountain.

Calculate the decrease in gravitational potential energy of the cable car as its altitude decreases from 2400 m to 650 m.

[Take g=9.8 m s−2g = 9.8\text{ m s}^{-2}g=9.8 m s−2.]

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3.1 Energy stores and calculations Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /3.1 Energy stores and calculations

82 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 3.1 Energy stores and calculations, covering 3.1.1 Gravitational potential energy, 3.1.2 Kinetic energy, and 3.1.3 Energy transfers and conservation of energy. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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